[Assessment on the quality of life among survivors living in temporary settlements two years after the "5.12" earthquake].

OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of life (QOL) for survivors living in temporary settlements (prefab house) two years after "5.12" earthquake and to explore related influencing factors.

METHODS: A random sample of 560 subjects were investigated by adopting a subscale of short-form health survey questionnaire (SF-36), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Checklist Civilia Version (PCL-C), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Social Demographic Questionnaire.

RESULTS: One way variance analysis results showed that the scores of SF-36 domains of victims living in prefab houses were significantly lower than norms (P < 0.05) except for mental health. Difference in disastrous areas, gender, age, education, occupation, marital status might affect some dimensions and the weighted average score of SF-36. The result of multivariate regression analysis showed that the score of PSQI, the score of PCL-C as well as occupation are the main influencing factors.

CONCLUSION: Two years after Wenchuan Earthquake, the levels of life quality of survivors living in prefab houses were low. The critical measures for improving the life quality of victims should be included as follows: people from heavy disaster area Beichuan, female, with sleeping disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and low income should be viewed as the priority of attention.