Table 1.
Frequency distribution of WHOQOL-Bref items*
| Highly satisfied**: | Moderate satisfaction**: | Bare satisfaction**: | Dissatisfied**: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | % | Item | % | Item | % | Item% | % |
| Ability to get around | 85.3 | Self-satisfaction | 68.2 | Overall QOL | 63.9 | Ability to concentrate | 40.7 |
| Condition of place of living | 74.9 | Transport | 73.7 | No physical pain | 60.8 | Leisure opportunity | 45.6 |
| Need for treatment | 74.5 | Health | 65.8 | Enjoyment of life | 50.6 | No negative feeling | 18.4 |
| Money | 76.7 | Safety | 70.2 | Physical environment | 54.8 | ||
| Personal relations | 72.2 | Bodily appearance | 63.5 | ||||
| Energy | 72.5 | Available information for health | 54.6 | ||||
| Friends' support | 67.8 | Activities of daily living | 57.5 | ||||
| Access health services | 67.2 | Sexual feeling(63.6); | 63.6 | ||||
| Life meaningful(57.4); | 57.4 | ||||||
| Sleep | 55.4 | ||||||
* Because of missing data, N was variously: 4407 - 4458
** Operational definition: We quantified satisfaction with each item as at least 50% of respondents in the sample positively appreciating the item (i.e., proportion of subjects in the group who rated satisfaction for the item as "satisfied" or "very satisfied"); dissatisfaction (<50% were satisfied/very satisfied with item); bare satisfaction (50 - 65%); moderate satisfaction (66 - 74%); and highly satisfied (≥ 75%)[51,56]