Quality of life of Chinese urban community residents: a psychometric study of the mainland Chinese version of the WHOQOL-BREF

Table 7 Prevalence of people with low quality of life (all without chronic illness)

Gender/age (total N)	Physical		Psychological		Social relations		Environment
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Using lower than 70% criterion
Male + Female
< 44 (589)	298	50.6	400	67.9	373.	67.3	531	90.2
45-59 (143)	89	62.2	102	71.3	98	68.5	128	89.5
> 60 (91)	63	69.2	70	76.9	63	69.2	82	90.1
Total (823)	450	54.7	572	69.5	534	64.9	741	90
Male
< 44 (325)	163	50.2	203	62.5	204	62.8	289	88.9
45-59 (67)	48	71.6	49	73.1	47	70.1	64	95.5
> 60 (63)	49	77.8	52	82.5	51	81	60	95.2
Total (455)	260	57.1	304	66.8	302	66.4	413	90.8
Female
< 44 (342)	190	55.6	249	72.8	222	64.9	313	91.5
45-59 (126)	78	61.9	89	70.6	88	69.8	109	86.5
> 60 (129)	105	81.4	103	79.8	96	74.4	112	86.8
Total (597)	373	62.5	441	73.9	406	68	534	89.4
Using 1 SD below the mean criterion
Male + Female
< 44 (589)	59	10.0	84	14.3	42	7.1	75	12.7
45-59 (143)	18	12.6	31	21.7	7	4.9	29	20.3
> 60 (91)	20	22.0	16	17.6	8	8.8	8	8.8
Total (823)	97	11.8	131	15.9	57	6.9	112	13.6
Male
< 44 (325)	35	10.8	38	11.7	28	8.6	45	13.8
45-59 (67)	8	11.9	14	20.9	4	6.0	14	20.9
> 60 (63)	18	28.6	11	17.5	6	9.5	10	15.9
Total (455)	61	13.4	63	13.8	38	8.4	69	15.2
Female
< 44 (342)	37	10.8	58	17.0	20	5.8	41	12.0
45-59 (126)	22	17.5	26	20.6	4	3.2	21	16.7
> 60 (129)	34	26.4	18	14.0	6	4.7	7	5.4
Total (597)	93	15.6	102	17.1	30	5.0	69	11.6

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