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Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Correlates among Chinese Migrants in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Two Cities of Guangdong

OBJECTIVES: To explore the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) status and associated factors among rural-to-urban migrants in China. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 856 rural-to-urban migrants working at small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in Shenzh...

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Autores principales: Lu, Liming, Zou, Guanyang, Zeng, Zhi, Han, Lu, Guo, Yan, Ling, Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24392084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083315
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author Lu, Liming
Zou, Guanyang
Zeng, Zhi
Han, Lu
Guo, Yan
Ling, Li
author_facet Lu, Liming
Zou, Guanyang
Zeng, Zhi
Han, Lu
Guo, Yan
Ling, Li
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description OBJECTIVES: To explore the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) status and associated factors among rural-to-urban migrants in China. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 856 rural-to-urban migrants working at small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in Shenzhen and Zhongshan City in 2012. Andersen's behavioral model was used as a theoretical framework to exam the relationships among factors affecting HRQOL. Analysis was performed using structural equation modeling (SEM). RESULTS: Workers with statutory working hours, higher wages and less migrant experience had higher HRQOL scores. Need (contracting a disease in the past two weeks and perception of needing health service) had the greatest total effect on HRQOL (β = −0.78), followed by enabling (labor contract, insurance purchase, income, physical examination during work and training) (β = 0.40), predisposing (age, family separation, education) (β = 0.22) and health practices and use of health service (physical exercise weekly, health check-up and use of protective equipments) (β = −0.20). CONCLUSIONS: Priority should be given to satisfy the needs of migrant workers, and improve the enabling resources.
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spelling pubmed-38792462014-01-03 Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Correlates among Chinese Migrants in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Two Cities of Guangdong Lu, Liming Zou, Guanyang Zeng, Zhi Han, Lu Guo, Yan Ling, Li PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVES: To explore the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) status and associated factors among rural-to-urban migrants in China. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 856 rural-to-urban migrants working at small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in Shenzhen and Zhongshan City in 2012. Andersen's behavioral model was used as a theoretical framework to exam the relationships among factors affecting HRQOL. Analysis was performed using structural equation modeling (SEM). RESULTS: Workers with statutory working hours, higher wages and less migrant experience had higher HRQOL scores. Need (contracting a disease in the past two weeks and perception of needing health service) had the greatest total effect on HRQOL (β = −0.78), followed by enabling (labor contract, insurance purchase, income, physical examination during work and training) (β = 0.40), predisposing (age, family separation, education) (β = 0.22) and health practices and use of health service (physical exercise weekly, health check-up and use of protective equipments) (β = −0.20). CONCLUSIONS: Priority should be given to satisfy the needs of migrant workers, and improve the enabling resources. Public Library of Science 2014-01-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3879246/ /pubmed/24392084 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083315 Text en © 2014 Lu et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Lu, Liming
Zou, Guanyang
Zeng, Zhi
Han, Lu
Guo, Yan
Ling, Li
Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Correlates among Chinese Migrants in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Two Cities of Guangdong
title Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Correlates among Chinese Migrants in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Two Cities of Guangdong
title_full Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Correlates among Chinese Migrants in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Two Cities of Guangdong
title_fullStr Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Correlates among Chinese Migrants in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Two Cities of Guangdong
title_full_unstemmed Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Correlates among Chinese Migrants in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Two Cities of Guangdong
title_short Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Correlates among Chinese Migrants in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Two Cities of Guangdong
title_sort health-related quality of life and its correlates among chinese migrants in small- and medium-sized enterprises in two cities of guangdong
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24392084
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083315
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