A study on the psychological security and quality of life of the women in poverty-stricken family / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the status of women′s psychological security and quality of life in poverty-stricken areas, and analyze their interrelation and influencing factors.Methods:With the method of convenient sampling, 368 women from poor families who participated in the poverty alleviation vocational training course were investigated with self-designed questionnaire, Psychological Safety Scale (SQ) and World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief (WHOQOL-BREF).Results:The average total score of women's psychological security in poverty-stricken families was 48.66 ± 12.75, which was in the middle level. Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that family income and religious beliefs had an impact on interpersonal security ( F value was 16.509, P<0.05); ethnicity and religious beliefs had an impact on the certainty of control ( F value was 17.546, p<0.05); religious beliefs had an impact on the total value of security ( F value was 20.911, P<0.05). The overall quality of life and health status scores of females from poor families (13.38±2.91) were significantly lower than the norm ( t value was -3.27, P<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that personal annual income and religious beliefs had an impact on physiological domain( F value was 2.694, P<0.05); marital status and religious beliefs had an impact on the psychological domain ( F value was 3.305, P<0.05); family annual income and religious beliefs had an impact on the environmental domain ( F value was 2.866, P<0.05) while they had no impact on the social domain. There was a significant positive correlation between psychological security and quality of life. Conclusions:There is a significant positive correlation between the level of psychological security and the quality of life of poor family women. Improving the quality of life of poverty-stricken family women can improve their psychological security.