Objective To investigate the quality of life and its influential factors of urban poor people.
Methods The quality of life of 237 poor people and 261 normal people living in the city of shenyang is assessing by the short form 36.The test and logistic regression are used to test the impacts of main influential factor.
Results The quality of life of poverty group and control group were signifcantly different.The influential factor of physical health of poor people were age, sex, cost of medical treatment, debts, aimsgiving and sickness; p The influential factor of mental health of poor people were cost of medical treatment, cost of education, debts and aimsgiving.When years of poverty increase, the scores of domains decrease except RE.
Conclusion The quality of life of urban poor people is lower than normal population significantly, particularly for poor people between 35 and 50 years old.The quality of life of poor people is influenced by age, sex, cost of medical treatment, debts, aimsgiving and sickness, cost of education.
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