title: Health-related quality of life in French adolescents and adults: norms for the DUKE Health Profile.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The continual monitoring of population health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with validated instruments helps public health agencies assess, protect, and promote population health. This study aimed to determine norms for the French adolescent and adult general population for the Duke Health Profile (DUKE) questionnaire in a large representative community sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  We randomly selected 17,733 French people aged 12 to 75 years old in 2 steps, by households and individuals, from the National Health Barometer 2005, a periodic population study by the French National Institute for Prevention and Health Education. Quality of life and other data were collected by computer-assisted telephone interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Normative data for the French population were analyzed by age, gender and self-reported chronic disease. Globally, function scores (best HRQoL=100) for physical, mental, social, and general health, as well as perceived health and self-esteem, were 72.3 (SEM 0.2), 74.6 (0.2), 66.8 (0.1), 71.3 (0.1), 71.3 (0.3), 76.5 (0.1), respectively. Dysfunction scores (worst HRQoL=100) for anxiety, depression, pain and disability domains were 30.9 (0.1), 27.6 (0.2), 34.3 (0.3), 3.1 (0.1), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The French norms for adolescents and adults for the DUKE could be used as a reference for other studies assessing HRQoL, for specific illnesses, in France and for international comparisons.
authors: Nancy-Université, Université Paul Verlaine Metz, Université Paris Descartes, EA 4360 Apemac, Nancy, France.
authors: Cédric
authors: C
authors: Baumann
authors: Marie-Line
authors: ML
authors: Erpelding
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Perret-Guillaume
authors: Arnaud
authors: A
authors: Gautier
authors: Stéphanie
authors: S
authors: Régat
authors: Jean-François
authors: JF
authors: Collin
authors: Francis
authors: F
authors: Guillemin
authors: Serge
authors: S
authors: Briançon
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