Significance of measuring the quality of life in health evaluation.
To evaluate the QUIK-R, a revised self-completed questionnaire for the quality of life (QOL), and to clarify the significance of measuring QOL in health evaluations, the results of 1,017 office workers were analyzed. The QUIK-R showed a high reliability and a high validity. There were significant correlations between the total score and the subject's age, sex, smoking habit, sleeping time, and exercise. Forty-two subjects with a good QUIK-R score had poor physical examination results. Our results show the usefulness of the QUIK-R and the importance of measuring the QOL in health evaluations.
Iida
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Kansai University, Health Administration Center, Osaka, Japan. iidan@ipcku.kansai-u.ac.jp
Koyama
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Kohashi
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Hayashi
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires