| Objective:To evaluate the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases in Liuyang rural areas to study the impact of chronic diseases on quality of life, and explore the main factors of the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases in Liuyang rural areas.Methods:On the basis of chronic disease sensus in community population, a number of people were randomly selected from the chronic disease population and non-chronic disease population, for deep investigation of the quality of life. The method of investigation is the questionnaire survey. The investigation included the general status, the life habits, the prevalence status and quality of life of the subjects.Results:①790 cases (response rate:98.75%) and 235 controls were investigated(response rate:94.00%).in our study.②Among the 790 patients with chronic diseases,531 were suffering from one kind of chronic disease, accounting for 67.22%; 189 were suffering from two kinds of chronic diseases, accounting for 23.92%; 70 were suffering from three kinds of chronic diseases, accounting for 8.86%.③Before and after gender stratification, patients with chronic diseases have lower scores than the controls in the general quality of life and eight dimensions of quality of life (P≤0.000).④Generally speaking, patients with the top ten chronic diseases have lower scores than the controls in the general quality of life and eight dimensions of quality of life (P< 0.05).⑤Patients with different chronic diseases have different scores in physical functioning(PF), role-physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), general health (GH), social functioning (SF) and the general quality of life (P≤0.001). Rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes and disc disease have the greatest damage to quality of life.⑥The Elder people are, the worse quality of life they have in physical functioning(PF) (P=0.000) and the better quality of life they have in general health(GH) and mental health (MH)(P=0.001). Men have better quality of life than women in physical functioning (PF), role-physical(RP), bodily pain(BP), social functioning(SF), role-emotional (RE) and the general quality of life (P < 0.05); Mental workers have better quality of life than manual workers in physical functioning(PF), role-physical(RP), general health(GH), vitality (VT) and the general quality of life (P<0.05);The higher education people have, the better quality of life they have in mental health(MH) and social functioning(SF) (P< 0.05); The more annual per capita income people have,the better quality of life they have in bodily pain(BP) (P< 0.05); The more kinds of chronic diseases the patients have, the worse quality of life they have in physical functioning (PF), role-physical(RP), bodily pain(BP), general health(GH) and the general quality of life (P< 0.05). The study does not show that marriage, annual per capita medical expenditure,the way of paying medical expenditure, smoking and drinking are associated with the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases (P> 0.05)Conclusion:①Patients with chronic diseases have worse quality of life than the controls. The impact of chronic diseases on the quality of life can not be ignored.②The influence factors of the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases are age, sex, career, education, the annual per capita income and the kinds of chronic diseases. The relationships of marriage, annual per capita medical expenditure, the way of paying medical expenditure, smoking and drinking with the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases need further study.
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