title: [Analysis on the quality of life of people born in famine years (1959 -1961) in Chongqing city and its influencing factors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the current quality of life of people born in famine years (1959 - 1961) in Chongqing and its influencing factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1140 people were selected from five districts or counties of Chongqing by a multi-stage stratified random sampling method. People born in 1957 - 1959 were set to group G1, 1957 -1962 to group G2, and 1960 -1965 to group G3. The second edition of SF-36 Health Survey and a general situation questionnaire were used for the investigation. The quality of life was evaluated on 8 dimensions and quantified by scoring.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 8 dimensions of the quality of life, the scores of role-physical (RP), role-emotional (RE) and physical function (PF) of people in group G1 who experienced famine in fetal period were 84.26 (17.09, 84.57 (16 48 and 87.57 (15.84 respectively, which was significantly lower than the scores of people in group G3 who have never experienced famine (P < 0.05); the physical function (PF) score of people group G2 who experienced hunger in infants and young children period was 87.65 (15.03, which was significantly less than the population in group G3 (P < 0.05), while the vitality (VT) score of group G2 was 48.26 (9.34, significantly higher than the population in group G3 (P < 0.05). The average monthly income, appetite, life satisfaction are the main factors influencing the quality of life of people in group G1. The life satisfaction, appetite and the situation getting along with other family members are the main factors influencing the quality of life of all target population (???).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Strengthening prenatal nutrition has certain influences on improving the quality of life in adulthood. However, developing a positive attitude towards life, a good appetite and harmonious family relationships are much more important for improving the life quality of all population.
authors: Department of Maternal Care & Child and Adolescents Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. 75096678@qq.com
authors: Jinglin
authors: J
authors: Yang
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Wang
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011788:Quality of Life; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013217:Starvation / Q000266:history; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires