Table 1 Population surveys that investigated quality of life conducted in countries from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania between 2008 and 2018

Korea

Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey – KNHANES

[26, 41, 55, 64,65,66,67]

Korean Community Health Survey – KCHS

[40]

The Korean National Cancer Center

[68]

Brazil

Inquérito de Saúde do Município de São Paulo - ISA Capital-SP

[8, 45]

Brazilian Osteoporosis Study – BRAZOS

[44]

Epi Floripa Idoso

[43]

Inquérito da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

[34]

Inquérito da Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros

[11]

Inquérito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

[15]

Inquérito de Saúde do Município de Campinas - ISA Campinas-SP

[13, 49]

Brazil National Health and Wellness Survey – NWHS

[14]

Pesquisa Dimensões Sociais das Desigualdades – PDSD

[33]

Research of the Social Dimensions of Inequalities

[16]

National Survey of Oral Health Brazilian population databases – SB Brazil

[29]

Denmark

Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group – DBCG

[52, 60]

Survey conducted by the University of Copenhagen

[37]

England

English General Practice Patient Survey- GPPS

[20]

Health Survey for England - HSE

[19, 35]

National Survey of Health and Development – NSHD

[21]

United Kingdom

English General Practice Patient Survey- GPPS

[57]

Adult Dental Health Survey – ADHS

[22]

US

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey - NHANES

[46, 58]

National Survey of Women Veterans – NSWV

[9, 47]

Nationwide Survey of Female Sexual Health

[32]

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – MEPS

[12]

National Health and Wellness Survey – NHWS

[30]

National survey of the employment concerns of adults living with multiple sclerosis – NMSS

[10]

Porter Novelli’s 2010 HealthStyles

[31]

Japan

Japan National Health and Wellness Survey – NHWS

[24, 69]

The Nationwide Survey of Acute Stroke Care Capacity for Proper Designation of Comprehensive Stroke Center in Japan (J-ASPECT) Study

[53]

Korean Epidemiological Catchment Area – KECA-R

[25]

Germany

PSO Health

[17, 23]

Cardiovascular disease, Living and Ageing in Halle – CARLA

[59]

Dortmund Health Study – DHS

[59]

Germany National Health Interview and Examination Survey – GNHIES 98

[59]

Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg Survey – KORA S4

[59]

Study of Health in Pommerania – SHIP 0

[59]

Australia

Australian National Survey of Psychosis

[70]

II National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being – HSE

[27]

Health Study and the National Survey of Adult Oral Health – NSAOH

[56]

Defense Deployed Solomon Islands (SI) Health Study

[56]

Spain

CadeViMa-Spain

[38]

France

French Renal Epidemiology and Information Network and CRISTAL database

[18]

French Decennial Health Survey

[62]

Nationwide survey of members of the French patients’ society Association Francois Aupetit [AFA]

[61]

VESPA 1 and 2 - ANRS

[63]

Mexico

Integral study of depression among older adults in Mexico City’s/Mexican Institute of Social Security – IMSS

[48]

Canada

Manitoba IBD Cohort Study

[28]

Thailand

National Health Interview Suvey in Taiwan

[54]

The Netherlands

Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice

[50]

Nigeria

The Nigerian national blindness and visual impairment survey

[42]

Sweden

The Swedish Survey of Living Conditions

[36]

Switzerland

“Vivre/Leben/Vivere”

[51]

Laos and Thailand

WHO-ThaiHealth

[39]