Association between social support and health-related quality of life among Chinese seafarers: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Seafarers have reported impaired health and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Social support might increase HRQOL, but little is known about this association among Chinese seafarers. The aim of this study was to describe social support and explore its association with HRQOL among Chinese seafarers.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the ports of Nantong and Rugao, China, from April to December 2013. A total of 917 Chinese seafarers were interviewed on social support, mental distress, perceived occupational stress, and HRQOL using the following self-administered questionnaires: The Social Support Rating Scale, Self-rating Depression Scale, Occupational Stress Questionnaire, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) qu

SUBMITTER: Xiao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5703501 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature