Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Mar 10;21(1):102.
doi: 10.1186/s12905-020-01114-2.

Influential factors on quality of life in married Iranian women during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: a path analysis

Zahra Daneshfar  1 , Shahideh Jahanian Sadatmahalleh  2 , Samaneh Youseflu  3 , Mahnaz Bahri Khomami  4 , Anoshiravan Kazemnejad  5
Affiliations

Influential factors on quality of life in married Iranian women during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: a path analysis

Zahra Daneshfar et al. BMC Womens Health. .

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between quality of life (QoL) with anxiety, depression, corona disease anxiety, sexual function (SF), and marital satisfaction (MS) in married women during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study involving n = 296 married women. We used the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS), Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and coronary disease anxiety questionnaire, as determinants of QoL for data collection. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis.

Results: There was a relationship between the components of QoL with SF, anxiety, depression, MS, general health, and contamination obsessions. The results of path analysis also showed that that SF, MS, anxiety, general health, and corona-related anxiety have a direct effect on women's QoL. General health has a more direct effect on QoL.

Conclusion: The results of this study could help in a plan to improve the QoL of women during the coronavirus epidemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Married women; Path analysis; Quality of life.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Path diagram (T-value) for the predictors of QoL
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Zhu N, Zhang D, Wang W, Li X, Yang B, Song J, Zhao X, Huang B, Shi W, Roujian L, et al. A novel coronavirus from patients with pneumonia in China, 2019. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:727–733. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2001017. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Liu Y, Gayle A, Wilder-Smith A, Rocklov J. The reproductive number of COVID-19 is highercompared to SARS coronavirus. J Travel Med. 2020;27(2):1–4. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa021. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Filatov A, Sharma P, Hindi F, Espinosa PS. Neurological complications of coronavirusdisease (COVID-19): encephalopathy. Cureus. 2020 doi: 10.7759/cureus.7352. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Li S, Wang L, Xue J, Zhao N, Zhu T. The impact of COVID-19 epidemic declaration on psychological consequences: a study on active weibo users. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(6):2032. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17062032. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Liu S, Yang L, Zhang CH, Xiang Y-T, Liu ZH, Hu SH, Zhang B. Online mental health services in China during the COVID-19 outbreak. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020;7(4):E17–E18. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30077-8. - DOI - PMC - PubMed