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Conference Paper: Health-related Quality of Life of People from Low-income Families in Hong Kong, China
Title | Health-related Quality of Life of People from Low-income Families in Hong Kong, China |
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Issue Date | 2015 |
Publisher | Elsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/ |
Citation | The 2015 ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress, Milan, Italy, 7-11 November 2015. In Value in Health, 2015, v. 18 n. 7, p. A745, abstract no. PIH72 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objectives: To compare the health related quality of life (HRQOL) between adults of low-income families and sex-age matched subjects of the general population in Hong Kong, and to explore factors associated with poor HRQOL in people from low-income families. Methods: A cross sectional health survey on 315 Chinese adults from low-income families was carried out in 2012 in Hong Kong. Each adult answered the Chinese (Hong Kong) SF-12v2 Health Survey and a structured questionnaire on socio-demographic & morbidity characteristics. Mean SF-12v2 domain and summary scores of the subjects were compared with those of age-sex matched subjects randomly selected from a database of 2,764 Chinese adults from the Hong Kong general population (ratio: 1:2), and the difference was tested by independent t-test. Multiple linear regressions were conducted to determine any independent association between low income and HRQOL, and to explore factors associated with poor HRQOL in people from low income families. Results: 298 subjects from low income families who completed the survey reported significantly lower SF-12v2 bodily pain, general health, vitality, physical component summary (PCS) scores than subjects from the general population (N= 596). Extreme low income (< 50% median household income of < US$1282/month) was independently associated with poorer SF-12v2 PCS and mental component summary (MCS) scores after adjustment for sociodemographics and co-morbidities. Amongst subjects from low-income households, extreme low income and younger age were associated with worse SF-12v2 MCS score while known chronic disease was associated with worse SF-12v2 PCS score. Conclusions: Extreme low household income was independently associated with poorer physical and mental health-related HRQOL. |
Description | Conference Theme: Impacting Health Decision Making with Outcomes Research: Closing the Gap |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/222564 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.507 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lam, CLK | - |
dc.contributor.author | Guo, VY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, CKH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yu, EYT | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fung, SCC | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-18T07:42:42Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-18T07:42:42Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The 2015 ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress, Milan, Italy, 7-11 November 2015. In Value in Health, 2015, v. 18 n. 7, p. A745, abstract no. PIH72 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1098-3015 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/222564 | - |
dc.description | Conference Theme: Impacting Health Decision Making with Outcomes Research: Closing the Gap | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To compare the health related quality of life (HRQOL) between adults of low-income families and sex-age matched subjects of the general population in Hong Kong, and to explore factors associated with poor HRQOL in people from low-income families. Methods: A cross sectional health survey on 315 Chinese adults from low-income families was carried out in 2012 in Hong Kong. Each adult answered the Chinese (Hong Kong) SF-12v2 Health Survey and a structured questionnaire on socio-demographic & morbidity characteristics. Mean SF-12v2 domain and summary scores of the subjects were compared with those of age-sex matched subjects randomly selected from a database of 2,764 Chinese adults from the Hong Kong general population (ratio: 1:2), and the difference was tested by independent t-test. Multiple linear regressions were conducted to determine any independent association between low income and HRQOL, and to explore factors associated with poor HRQOL in people from low income families. Results: 298 subjects from low income families who completed the survey reported significantly lower SF-12v2 bodily pain, general health, vitality, physical component summary (PCS) scores than subjects from the general population (N= 596). Extreme low income (< 50% median household income of < US$1282/month) was independently associated with poorer SF-12v2 PCS and mental component summary (MCS) scores after adjustment for sociodemographics and co-morbidities. Amongst subjects from low-income households, extreme low income and younger age were associated with worse SF-12v2 MCS score while known chronic disease was associated with worse SF-12v2 PCS score. Conclusions: Extreme low household income was independently associated with poorer physical and mental health-related HRQOL. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Value in Health | - |
dc.title | Health-related Quality of Life of People from Low-income Families in Hong Kong, China | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, CLK: clklam@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Guo, VY: viviguo@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, CKH: carlosho@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Yu, EYT: ytyu@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Fung, SCC: cfsc@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, CLK=rp00350 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, CKH=rp01931 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Yu, EYT=rp01693 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Fung, SCC=rp01330 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jval.2015.09.2872 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 26534176 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 256715 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 7 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | A745, abstract no. PIH72 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | A745, abstract no. PIH72 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000209861400369 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1098-3015 | - |