title: [Health-related quality of life among urban and rural to urban migrant populations in Lima, Peru].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore if there is a difference in the perception and self reported quality of life between rural-to-urban migrants and urban groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study, secondary analysis of the PERU-MIGRANT study (PEru's Rural to Urban MIGRANTs Study). WHOQOL-Brief survey' s global scores and per specific domains obtained in the survey were compared using Kruskall-Wallis' test and assessing size effect.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 307 subjects (62.2% migrants, 57% female, means age 47 years-old) were surveyed. Compared with the urban group, migrants reported lower quality of life both on the global scores as well as in psychological health and the living environment domains. Migrants reported a higher score on the physical healths domain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The impact of rural-to-urban migration on quality of life suggests a differential effect within its specific domains.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Gianmarco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Márquez-Montero
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loret de Mola
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernabé-Ortiz
authors.forename: Liam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smeeth
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: J Jaime
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Miranda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010568:Peru; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012423:Rural Health; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014504:Urban Health