Investigation on factors influencing quality of life among junior high school students of Three-Gorges reservior

  Objective   To investigate the quality of life and its influencing factors among Junior High School Students of Three-Gorges Reservoir in Chongqing.

  Methods   Two counties were randomly sampled form Three-Gorges Reservior in Chongqing.Collecting data by the means of stratified cluster sampling.672 junior high school students were sampled form two counties of Three Gorges Reservoir in Chongqing, then their quality of life and its influencing factors were tested by "Quality of Life Scale for Junior High School Students"(JHSS-QOLS).

  Results   Generic quality of life of junior high school students in Three-Gorges Reservoir in Chongqing stayed in its mean lievel.Four dimensions score were placed between 56~77.Thirteen factors score were placed between 45~82.Chronic disease, poor vision, sleep, pohysical exercise, structure of family, educational level of father and parental rearing style were important influencing factors in quality of life of students.

  Conclusion   The key steps of promoting the quality of life should include lightening of the learning load, the prevention and control of chronic disease, the development of economy, and the improvement of parental educational level.