Quality of life in an urban Asian population: the impact of ethnicity and socio-economic status

Julian Thumboo, Kok-Yong Fong, David Machin, Siew-Pang Chan, Chang-Heok Soh, Keng-Hong Leong, Pao-Hsii Feng, Szu-tien Thio and Mee-Leng Boey

Social Science & Medicine, 2003, vol. 56, issue 8, 1761-1772

Abstract: The relationships between ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) have not been well characterised in most Asian populations. We therefore studied the influence of ethnicity and SES on HRQoL in a multi-ethnic urban Asian population, adjusting for the influence of other known determinants of HRQoL. In a disproportionately stratified, cross-sectional, population-based survey, Chinese, Malay and Indian subjects in Singapore completed the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) HRQoL measure and were assessed to determine demographic, socio-economic, psychosocial and other characteristics. Multiple linear regression models were used to study the influence of ethnicity and SES on SF-36 scores while adjusting for the influence of other determinants of HRQoL. The survey participation rate was 92.8%. Ethnic differences in HRQoL were present for all 8 SF-36 scales (p

Keywords: Health-related; quality; of; life; Ethnicity; Socio-economic; status; Asia; Singapore (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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