[Study on the quality of life among floating population in a community of Shanghai].
OBJECTIVE
To discover the current condition of the floating population's quality of life (QOL) in a community of Shanghai and find out the possible influencing factors.


METHODS
480 people identified as 'floating', were chosen by systematic sampling method, whose QOL was evaluated by WHOQOL-BREF (Chinese Version). A multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the relationship between the factors and the scores of the four domains.


RESULTS
The physical and psychological scores of the floating population were 14.09 +/- 2.09 and 11.28 +/- 2.18 which were lower than the average levels of the Chinese population which were 15.8 +/- 2.9 and 14.3 +/- 2.5. Women showed higher score in the social relationship domain than men (P = 0.017). With the increase of age, the scores of physical and psychological domain were descending (P(Phys.) = 0.030, P(Phych.) = 0.023). The score in every domain was rising when the appetite was better or the family conflicts had a lighter impact on life (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
The QOL of the young females was better than other groups. Considering the whole QOL of the floating population, their physical and psychological demands should be highly concerned.
Yang
Yan-ji
YJ
Department of Children and Adolescents Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Wang
Shu-mei
SM
Wang
Zhen-wei
ZW
D002681:China; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012767:Ships; D012924:Social Conditions