Background
Methods
Findings
Population characteristics
General health (GHQ-28)
Quality of life (QOL)
Correlation between quality of life and that of general health
Quality of life | General health | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical symptoms | Anxiety | Depression | Social function | Total score of the public health | |
Physical | −0.637b
| −0.519b
| −0.298b
| −0.346b
| −0.567b
|
Psychological | −0.337b
| −0.538b
| −0.236b
| −0.307b
| −0.453b
|
Spiritual | -0.169a
| -0293b
| −0.187a
| −0.301b
| −0.338b
|
Economic | −0.140 | −0.178a
| 0.025 | −0.013 | −0.122 |
Emotional | −0.139 | −0.237b
| 0.089 | −0.123 | −0.104 |
Sexual | −0.266b
| −0.373b
| −0.063 | −0.164a
| −0.280b
|
Social | −0.230b
| −0.340b
| −0.032 | −0.299b
| −0.286b
|
Total score of the Quality of Life | −0.479b
| −0.596b
| −0.222a
| −0.394b
| −0.543b
|
Relationship between QOL and patient characteristics
Variable | Quality of life | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Physical | Psychological | Spiritual | Economic | Emotional | Sexual | Social | ||
Female education | > diploma | 88 | 49.3 (11.2) | 54.4 (11.2) | 81.0 (12.9) | 72.1 (10.7) | 72.8 (15.9) | 65.2 (16.6) | 62.1 (12.1) |
college | 58 | 53.6 (10.6) | 60.5 (13.6) | 80.9 (16.9) | 72.2 (10.2) | 77.0 (14.0) | 64.8 (17.6) | 67.5 (12.1) | |
P value | 0.022 | 0.004 | 0.938 | 0.983 | 0.104 | 0.888 | 0.010 | ||
Spouse education | < diploma | 88 | 50.6 (10.9) | 56.4 (12.2) | 80.8 (14.8) | 72.8 (10.6) | 72.7 (16.3) | 66.8 (17.0) | 63.7 (13.0) |
College | 58 | 51.7 (11.5) | 57.4 (12.9) | 81.3 (14.4) | 71.1 (10.3) | 77.4 (13.2) | 62.5 (16.7) | 65.3 (11.4) | |
P value | 0.561 | 0.653 | 0.832 | 0.359 | 0.072 | 0.133 | 0.465 | ||
Wife’s occupation | House wife | 101 | 50.4 (10.2) | 55.2 (11.2) | 82.0 (13.1) | 72.5 (10.3) | 74.5 (15.4) | 65.0 (16.3) | 63.0 (12.0) |
Employed | 45 | 52.5 (13.0) | 60.2 (14.4) | 78.9 (17.5) | 71.3 (11.0) | 74.3 (15.0) | 65.2 (18.5) | 67.3 (12.7) | |
P value | 0.308 | 0.026 | 0.237 | 0.539 | 0.898 | 0.942 | 0.053 | ||
Spouse occupation | Stable income | 59 | 52.2 (10.8) | 57.6 (12.8) | 81.9 (15.0) | 72.9 (10.6) | 77.5 (15.9) | 64.5 (17.6) | 66.4 (12.6) |
Seasonal income | 87 | 50.3 (11.3) | 56.3 (12.3) | 80.4 (14.4) | 71.6 (10.4) | 72.5 (14.5) | 65.5 (16.5) | 62.9 (12.1) | |
P value | 0.298 | 0.544 | 0.551 | 0.454 | 0.056 | 0.733 | 0.095 | ||
Monthly income (Rls) | <2,000,000 | 17 | 45.4 (12.6) | 49.9 (11.7) | 76.3 (18.5) | 71.8 (7.7) | 71.2 (17.5) | 67.1 (16.0) | 603 (14.0) |
200–8,000,000 | 104 | 51.2 (10.5) | 56.6 (12.1) | 82.8 (12.6) | 71.1 (10.2) | 74.9 (15.0) | 64.2 (16.9) | 64.6 (11.8) | |
>8,000,000 | 25 | 54.4 (11.4) | 62.2()12.6 | 76.6 (18.2) | 76.6 (12.3) | 75.6 (15.0) | 62.7 (18.0) | 66.3 (13.6) | |
P value | 0.034 | 0.008 | 0.161 | 0.061 | 0.607 | 0.643 | 0.301 | ||
Place of residence | Shiraz city | 56 | 52.6 (11.9) | 56.6 (11.0) | 78.3 (14.6) | 69.8 (11.6) | 72.3 (15.3) | 60.7 (17.0) | 62.5 (11.5) |
Neighboring towns | 67 | 51.7 (10.6) | 59.7 (13.0) | 83.9 (14.2) | 74.7 (9.3) | 78.8 (15.0) | 69.4 (16.5) | 66.9 (13.9) | |
Rural | 25 | 45.7 (9.4) | 48.9 (11.5) | 79.0 (14.9) | 70.4 (9.5) | 67.8 (12.3) | 63.0 (15.9) | 61.4 (8.2) | |
P value | 0.037 | 0.001 | 0.086 | 0.027 | 0.004 | 0.017 | 0.073 |
Variable | Number | Quality of life | General health | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Female education | <diploma | 88 | 60.3 (8.0) | 29.6 (14.0) |
college education | 58 | 63.9 (9.5) | 26.4 (10.5) | |
P value | 0.015 | 0.180 | ||
Spouse education | <diploma | 88 | 61.5 (9.1) | 29.6 (13.6) |
college education | 58 | 62.2 (8.3) | 26.4 (11.4) | |
P value | 0.623 | 0.180 | ||
Wife’s occupation | House wife | 101 | 61.1 (7.8) | 28.2 (13.5) |
Employed | 45 | 63.3 (10.6) | 28.9 (11.5) | |
P value | 0.157 | 0.804 | ||
Spouse occupation | Stable income | 59 | 62.7 (8.8) | 26.5 (10.7) |
Seasonal income | 87 | 61.1 (8.8) | 29.5 (13.9) | |
P value | 0.292 | 0.199 | ||
Monthly income (Rls) | <2,000,000 | 17 | 56.1 (8.6) | 31.9 (15.0) |
200–8,000,000 | 104 | 62.0 (8.2) | 28.4 (12.4) | |
>8,000,000 | 25 | 64.9 (9.7) | 25.7 (13.3) | |
P value | 0.008 | 0.351 | ||
Place of residence | Shiraz city | 56 | 61.0 (8.0) | 28.0 (12.6) |
Neighboring towns | 67 | 64.4 (9.0) | 28.0 (12.9) | |
Rural | 25 | 56.4 (7.2) | 30.3 (14.0) | |
P value | <0.001 | 0.763 |