title: [Quality of life and related social support for men who have sex with men among university students in Chongqing, China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the status of quality of life(QOL) on men who have sex with men (MSM) and it's relationship with social support among university students in Chongqing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Snowball sampling was applied to recruit the subjects on MSM for this study and multistage stratified cluster sampling method was used to recruit ordinary male college students. WHOQOL-BREF and SSRS questionnaires were used to collect information from both MSM and ordinary male college students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Scores from the physiological, psychological, social relations and environmental domains for QOL and total QOL were 13.82 ± 2.25, 13.14 ± 2.51, 13.24 ± 2.96, 12.44 ± 2.49 and 13.12 ± 2.16, respectively. Scores for all domains of QOL on MSM were lower than figures from ordinary male college students (P < 0.05). Results from Canonical correlation analysis revealed that subjective support and the use of support, together with psychological and social relations were the main factors that influencing the social support and quality of life in this population, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The improvement of subjective feelings and proper use of social support and targeted interventions among this MSM population should accord to the different demographic characteristics, especially for those who did not have regular sexual partner or in gay circles, and for those who practice passive role during sexual act(as "0"), seemed to be helpful to improve their quality of life.
authors: Department of Maternal Care & Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors: Jiang-peng
authors: JP
authors: Chen
authors: Department of Maternal Care & Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. Email: wangh3017@163.com.
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Maternal Care & Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors: Liang
authors: L
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities