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. 2019 Apr 18;16(8):1398.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph16081398.

Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Determinants among Criminal Police Officers

Xinrui Wu  1 , Qian Liu  2 , Qi Li  3 , Zhengwen Tian  4 , Hongzhuan Tan  5
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Determinants among Criminal Police Officers

Xinrui Wu et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Criminal police officers are viewed as having a very tiring and stressful job, one that is closely correlated with work disability and other factors that might impair quality of life. Few studies have addressed the issue of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in this population. Thus, this study aimed to assess the HRQoL of criminal police officers compared with the general adult population and identify determinants associated with HRQoL. Based on a cross-sectional study of 281 criminal police officers in China, we used the EuroQol five-dimension three-level (EQ-5D-3L) scale, the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) to collect data. Tobit regression models and logistic regression models were used to investigate factors associated with HRQoL. The average EQ-5D-3L index score and EQ-5D visual analogue set (EQ-5D VAS) score were 0.919 and 77.22, respectively (total comparable population 0.958 and 80.12, respectively). Anxiety/depression and pain/discomfort were the most frequently-reported problems. Lower HRQoL was associated with age, drinking alcohol, physical activity, injury on duty, and symptoms of anxiety or depression. These findings indicated that criminal police officers have poorer quality of life than the general adult population and that risk-oriented interventions should be implemented to improve the HRQoL of criminal police officers.

Keywords: EQ-5D-3L; HRQoL; criminal police officers; determinants of HRQoL.

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