WANG Ziyi, CAI Jieyu, YANG Yifan, LIU Baohua, ZHAO Miaomiao, WANG Jiahui
Objective To measure the quality of life of older persons with disabilities in China and explore its influencing factors, so as to provide a reference for improving the quality of life of older persons with disabilities in China. Methods Based on the EQ-5D-3L scale, the data of 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) were used to measure the value sets of the quality of life of Chinese residents. The quality of life of 4,688 older persons with disabilities aged 60 and above who were finally included in the study was analyzed and the influencing factors were analyzed by using the Tobit regression model. Results The range of health value sets of older persons with disabilities was -0.167 to 0.686, and the median was 0.462. The results of Tobit regression analysis showed that gender, age, level of education, types of chronic diseases, and disability level in “personal characteristics”, alcohol consumption, sleep duration, and health checkups in “behavior and lifestyle”, marriage and family financial support in “interpersonal networks”, types of houses and housing cleanliness in “living conditions”, and regions and urban/rural areas in “macro policy level” had an impact on the health value sets. Conclusions At present, the quality of life of older persons with disabilities in China needs to be improved. There are factors affecting the quality of life of older persons with disabilities in all five dimensions of the health ecology theory, so it is suggested that comprehensive interventions can be carried out for the older persons with disabilities from multiple dimensions to improve their quality of life.