Journal of Social Problems of Iran

Journal of Social Problems of Iran

An Investigation of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in Adults of the City of Tehran with Emphasis on Self - Reported Health

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mohammad Mirzaie 1
Navid Nafisi 2
1 Professor of Demography, University of Tehran
2 MA in Demography, University of Tehran
10.22059/ijsp.2016.63791
Abstract
This study aims to investigate health related quality of life (HRQOL) in adults of Tehran, the capital of Iran, in comparison with other countries. EQ-5D-5L, the questionnaire of health related quality of life developed by EUROQOL, is used here to reach this purpose. The questionnaire consists of a visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS) and a descriptive system of health. Descriptive system has five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. The correlation of EQ-VAS and the five dimensions with the variables age and sex is measured by statistics. Results show poor self-reported health status in Iran, comparing with other countries. Like other researches, women evaluated their health status less than men. By EQ-VAS, the adults of Tehran assessed their health status less than most of the comparing countries. In the five dimensions of the descriptive system of EQ-5D, mobility, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression are not appropriate, but anxiety/depression needs more consideration. Adults of Tehran reported more than 23 percent problems in the dimension anxiety/depression in all ages and the problem in the age group 18-24 is more than the problems of the three next 10-age age groups. It warns about the mental health of the society specially youths. Also health status of elderly of Tehran, especially women, needs more attention
Keywords
health related quality of life
self-reported health
TEHRAN
EQ-5D
EQ-VAS
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Journal of Social Problems of Iran
Volume 7, Issue 2
November 2016
Pages 55-76