Canonical correlation analysis on oculists'quality of life

  Objective   To determine the status of oculists quality of life and influencing factors.

  Methods   311 oculists were investigated with WHOQOL-BREF, and a canonical correlation analysis was used to find out the influencing factors.

  Results   The scores among the oculists were higher than those of the average in the domain of psycholog y and social relationships.The results showed that there were negative correlations between age, length of service and the domain of Physiology.There were positive correlations between professional title and the domain of environment.

  Conclusion   The oculists quality of life was related with age, length of service and professional title.