“生命质量”是70年代国外医学界引入的概念〔1〕,自引入以来,产生了许多生命质量测评量表,其中SF 36健康调查量表(theSF 36HealthSurvey)已成为全球应用最广的生命质量测评工具,被普遍作为生命质量测量量表使用。本文采用SF 36健康调查量表对沈阳市贫困人群的生命质量进行调查 “Quality of Life” was introduced in the foreign medical circles in the 1970s [1]. Since its introduction, many quality-of-life measures have been developed. The SF 36 Health Survey has become the most widely used quality of life in the world Assessment tools are commonly used as quality of life measurement scales. This article uses the SF 36 health survey to investigate the quality of life of poor people in Shenyang City