Avtor/Urednik		Klemenc-Ketiš, Zalika; Smogavec, Mateja; Softic, Nina; Kersnik, Janko
Naslov		Health-related quality of life: a population based study from Slovenia
Tip		članek
Vir		Cent Eur J Public Health
Vol. in št.		Letnik 19, št. 1
Leto izdaje		2011
Obseg		str. 7-12
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Objectives: Health status is represented by people's subjective assessment of their sense of well-being and ability to perform social roles and has been well accepted as a health indicator of different populations. The aim of this study was to determine health-related quality of life in Slovenian population. Mehods: We performed a cross-sectional postal survey in a random stratified sample of 1,000 adult Slovenian inhabitants. The questionnaire consisted of the respondents' demographic data (sex, age, education level, employment status, living environment), self-reported chronic conditions, self-reported use of health services and EQ-5D instrument for measuring quality of life. Results: The response rate was 41% (53.1% men, mean age 51.5 years). Respondents reported most problems in the pain dimension of EQ-5D (59.3%), following by mobility (30.4%), anxiety/depression (30.3%), daily activities (29.8%) and self-care (9.0%). At least one moderate problem was reported by 272 (66.3%) respondents. Independent factors, associated with problems in any EQ-5D dimension were primary and vocational education, older age, high blood pressure, rheumatic diseases, back problems, anxiety/depression, a visit to the emergency department in the past year, and a house visit from a family doctor in the past year. Conclusion: The present study showed that the health-related quality of life of the Slovenian inhabitants is lower than the one found in some other European countries. This finding is surprising and also worrying. Because we cannot find any perceptible reason for this observation, larger and prospective studies are needed to confirm those results and to determine the reasons for that.
Deskriptorji		PRIMARY HEALTH CARE HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS QUESTIONNAIRES SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS CHRONIC DISEASE ADULT ANXIETY DEPRESSION ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SELF CARE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES SLOVENIA