Quality of life among Turkish immigrants in Sweden

Bayram N., Thorburn D., Demirhan H., Bilgel N.

QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, vol.16, no.8, pp.1319-1333, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11136-007-9249-6
  • Journal Name: QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1319-1333
  • Keywords: Turkish immigrants, quality of life, WHOQOL-TR-100, Sweden, HEALTH
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Ojectives To assess quality of life among Turkish immigrants in Sweden by using the WHOQOL-100 scale and to evaluate the domains' contribution to explain the variance in the quality of life of the immigrants. Our hypothesis was QOL among Turkish immigrants in Sweden are better than Turkish people who are living in their home country.