Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) is the impact of health on a person’s ability to live a fulfilling life that is a multi functional concepts including domains related to physical, mental, emotional, and social functioning. A HRQOL is an individual’s satisfaction or happiness with domains of life insofar as they affect or are affected by health in which the way health is empirically estimated to affect QOL (Quality of Life) to only signify the utility associated with a health state.

Reference Definition by CDC.gov: The concept of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and its determinants have evolved since the 1980s to encompass those aspects of overall quality of life that can be clearly shown to affect health (either physical or mental. On the individual level, this includes physical and mental health perceptions and their correlates) including health risks and conditions, functional status, social support, and socioeconomic status. On the community level, HRQOL includes resources, conditions, policies, and practices that influence a population’s health perceptions and functional status.

Related Definitions in the Project: The HSE Management