Rakhshani Tayebeh, Amirsafavi Masoumeh, Motazedian Nasrin, Harsini Pooyan Afzali, Kamyab Amirhossein, Jeihooni Ali Khani
Department of Public Health, School of Health, Nutrition Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Department of Public Health, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Front Psychol. 2024 Sep 3;15:1357320. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1357320. eCollection 2024.
Marital satisfaction is one of the important components of quality of life. Women's marital satisfaction is affected when they enter the middle age period, due to the mental and emotional tensions caused by the physical changes. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the association of quality of life with marital satisfaction, stress, and anxiety in middle-aged women referring to health centers of Ahvaz city, Iran.
This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 1,000 middle-aged married women (30-59 year of age) under the auspices of health centers of Ahvaz city, Iran in 2019. The subjects were selected by simple random sampling method, and were asked to complete demographic characteristics, quality of life questionnaire, Enrich marital satisfaction questionnaire, Holmes-Raheh stress questionnaire, and Spielberger state-trait anxiety inventory. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 0.22 software through mean, standard deviation, frequency, Pearson correlation and regression ( = 0.05).
Based on the results, 42.4% of the participants were between 40 and 50 years of age, 35.6% had a high school diploma, and 50% of them were housewives. Also, the results of Pearson's correlation showed a positive and significant relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction ( = 0.178) ( < 0.001). However, quality of life had a negative and significant relationship with anxiety ( = -0.552) ( < 0.001) and stress ( = -0.188) ( < 0.001).
Given the positive and significant relationship between quality of life and marital satisfaction, appropriate trainings are highly recommended for couples to increase the quality of life and marital satisfaction of middle-aged women and thus strengthen the health of family and society.
婚姻满意度是生活质量的重要组成部分之一。女性进入中年后，由于身体变化引起的精神和情绪紧张，其婚姻满意度会受到影响。在这方面，本研究旨在调查伊朗阿瓦士市健康中心的中年女性的生活质量与婚姻满意度、压力和焦虑之间的关联。
2019年，在伊朗阿瓦士市健康中心的支持下，对1000名中年已婚女性（30 - 59岁）进行了这项横断面描述性分析研究。通过简单随机抽样方法选取研究对象，并要求她们填写人口统计学特征、生活质量问卷、恩里奇婚姻满意度问卷、霍姆斯 - 拉赫压力问卷和斯皮尔伯格状态 - 特质焦虑量表。使用SPSS 22.0软件通过均值、标准差、频率、皮尔逊相关性和回归分析数据（α = 0.05）。
结果显示，42.4%的参与者年龄在40至50岁之间，35.6%拥有高中文凭，其中50%是家庭主妇。此外，皮尔逊相关性结果表明，生活质量与婚姻满意度之间存在正相关且具有显著意义（r = 0.178，P < 0.001）。然而，生活质量与焦虑（r = -0.552，P < 0.001）和压力（r = -0.188，P < 0.001）之间存在负相关且具有显著意义。
鉴于生活质量与婚姻满意度之间存在正相关且具有显著意义，强烈建议为夫妻提供适当培训，以提高中年女性的生活质量和婚姻满意度，从而加强家庭和社会的健康。
