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Table 1 Frequency distribution of WHOQOL-Bref items*

From: Profile of subjective quality of life and its correlates in a nation-wide sample of high school students in an Arab setting using the WHOQOL-Bref

Highly satisfied**:

Moderate satisfaction**:

Bare satisfaction**:

Dissatisfied**:

Item

%

Item

%

Item

%

Item%

%

Ability to get around

85.3

Self-satisfaction

68.2

Overall QOL

63.9

Ability to concentrate

40.7

Condition of place of living

74.9

Transport

73.7

No physical pain

60.8

Leisure opportunity

45.6

Need for treatment

74.5

Health

65.8

Enjoyment of life

50.6

No negative feeling

18.4

Money

76.7

Safety

70.2

Physical environment

54.8

  
  

Personal relations

72.2

Bodily appearance

63.5

  
  

Energy

72.5

Available information for health

54.6

  
  

Friends' support

67.8

Activities of daily living

57.5

  
  

Access health services

67.2

Sexual feeling(63.6);

63.6

  
    

Life meaningful(57.4);

57.4

  
    

Sleep

55.4

  
  1. * Because of missing data, N was variously: 4407 - 4458
  2. ** Operational definition: We quantified satisfaction with each item as at least 50% of respondents in the sample positively appreciating the item (i.e., proportion of subjects in the group who rated satisfaction for the item as "satisfied" or "very satisfied"); dissatisfaction (<50% were satisfied/very satisfied with item); bare satisfaction (50 - 65%); moderate satisfaction (66 - 74%); and highly satisfied (≥ 75%)[51, 56]