Background: Quality of life (QoL) is an important measure in
the assessment of population well being and health status.
However despite locally validated measuring tools, little is known
about the quality of life and associated factors in Nigerian adults.
Objective: This study therefore aimed to assess QoL and
contributory factors among adults residing in a sub urban Nigerian
community.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study of 527 adults, in Oru
community was conducted. An interviewer-administered
questionnaire adapted from the WHO quality of life (WHOQOLBREF)
questionnaire was used to obtain information from
respondents. Associations were explored with the chi square test;
multivariate analysis was done with logistic regression at 5% level
of significance.
Results: Respondents mean age was 33.3 ±8.1 years. In all, 46.5 %
were currently married or cohabiting. Christianity was the
dominant religion, 72.7%. In all, 81.6% had good QoL. Predictors
of good QoL were respondents less than 25 years [OR: 3.5 (1.264-
9.508)], having educational level that is secondary and above [OR:
4.2 (1.810-9.762)]. Being Unemployed [OR: 1.9 (1.099- 3.351)], living
in flats and other bigger apartments [OR: 1.8 (1.121- 3.04)], currently
ill [OR: 3.7 (2.096- 6.509)], and lack of involvement in religious
activities [OR: 3.1 (1.166- 8.045)] were also shown to be predictors
of good QoL.
Conclusion: The majority of those evaluated had good QoL.
Further surveys involving larger samples sizes are required to
explore the QoL in distinct sub-populations and in currently ill
patients to strengthen the results of this study.