Quality of life and urban / rural living: preliminary results of a community survey in Italy

The purpose of this population-based study is to examine the association between subjective quality of life and rural/urban residence in six Italian regions, including age and gender into the analysis. community survey. Samples stratified according to sex and age, drawn from municipal records. 4999 people 18 years and older, from seven communities within six regions of Italy. Ad-hoc form to assess basic demographic data; SF-12. Interviewers were trained psychologists or medical doctors. 3398 subjects were interviewed (68% of recruited sample). The mean score of SF-12 in the overall sample was 38.4±6.1, SF-12 was higher in men than in in women (38.4±6.1 vs 37.5±5.9 F=99.18, df 1, 3396, 3397, p