The effect of religion on the perception of health states among adults in the United Arab Emirates: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Investigate how religion may affect the perception of health states among adults in the United Arab Emirates and the implications for research on self-reported health and quality of life and the use of values in cost-effectiveness analysis.

Design

Qualitative analysis of short-structured interviews with adult Emiratis carried out by a market research agency.The COREQ criteria have been used where appropriate to guide the reporting of our findings.

Setting

Participants were recruited from shopping malls and other public places in the cities of Al Ain and Abu Dhabi.

Participants

Two hundred adult Emiratis broadly representative of the Emirati population in terms of age and gender.

Results

Eighty one per cent of participants said that their perce

SUBMITTER: Elbarazi I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640057 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature