Relationship between residential district and health-related quality of life in Chungnam industrial complex area.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between residential district of people, such as power plant, steel-mill and petrochemical industries, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).


METHODS
Using a cross-sectional study design, we randomly recruited participants for our study from industrial areas (thermoelectric power plant, steel-mill, petrochemical industry) and rural areas. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the relationships between Euro quality of life-5 dimension (EQ-5D) scores and living region, while controlling for sociodemographic characteristics.


RESULTS
In adjusted model, quality of life decreased with increasing category of age and were lower for females than males. EQ-5D scores of people living in the vicinity of thermoelectric power plant were significant lower than those of people living the vicinity of comparison region (odds ratio, 1.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.00 to 2.53).


CONCLUSIONS
Living region of thermoelectric power plant, was strongly associated with scores on the EQ-5D. More research is needed to elucidate the mechanisms which makes the relationship with the living regions and HRQoL.
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Heechan
0000-0002-0997-7112
H
Kim
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.|Center for Farmers' Safety and Health, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea.
Sangchul
0000-0003-4467-5416
S
Roh
Euro quality of life-5 dimension; Health-related quality of life; Industrial complex area; Republic of Korea