Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
BMC Womens Health. 2012 Nov 23;12:41. doi: 10.1186/1472-6874-12-41.
Quality of life differs for different people in different situations and is related to one's self-satisfaction with life. Considering the role of women in family and social health and the specific cultural characteristics of our province, we aimed to compare the quality of life of employed women with housewives in Zahedan, Iran.
This cross-sectional study was carried out during 2009-2010 in Zahedan, Iran. The sample consisted of 110 housewives and 110 employed women selected randomly from ten health care centers. Health-related quality of life was assessed using the SF-36. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to compare quality of life in housewives and employed women while controlling for age, education and income.
The mean (±SD) age of participants was 33.87± 8.95 years. Eighty-eight women (40%) had a university degree with a mean (±SD) official education of 10.8 (±4.9) years. The results indicated that employed women scored higher than housewives in all measures except for physical functioning. The differences were found to be remarkable for vitality, mental health and role emotional. However, after controlling for age, education and family income, none of differences reached significant level.
After controlling for potential confounders, the findings from this study indicated that there were no significant differences in quality of life between employed women and housewives. However, employed women scored higher on the SF-36, especially on the role emotional, vitality, and mental health. The findings suggest that associations exist between some aspects of health-related quality of life and employment. Indeed improving health-related quality of life among housewives seems essential.
生活质量因不同的人和不同的情况而有所不同，与一个人对生活的自我满意度有关。考虑到女性在家庭和社会健康中的作用以及我省的特定文化特征，我们旨在比较伊朗扎黑丹市就业妇女和家庭主妇的生活质量。
本横断面研究于 2009-2010 年在伊朗扎黑丹进行。样本包括从十个医疗保健中心随机抽取的 110 名家庭主妇和 110 名就业妇女。采用 SF-36 评估健康相关生活质量。采用协方差分析（ANCOVA）在控制年龄、教育程度和收入的情况下比较家庭主妇和就业妇女的生活质量。
参与者的平均（±SD）年龄为 33.87±8.95 岁。88 名女性（40%）拥有大学学位，平均（±SD）正式教育年限为 10.8（±4.9）年。结果表明，除身体功能外，就业妇女在所有指标上的得分均高于家庭主妇。在活力、心理健康和角色情感方面的差异尤为显著。然而，在控制年龄、教育程度和家庭收入后，这些差异均无统计学意义。
在控制潜在混杂因素后，本研究的结果表明，就业妇女和家庭主妇的生活质量无显著差异。然而，就业妇女在 SF-36 上的得分更高，特别是在角色情感、活力和心理健康方面。研究结果表明，健康相关生活质量的某些方面与就业存在关联。事实上，提高家庭主妇的健康相关生活质量至关重要。
