Table 2 Relationship between sub-scales quality of life and some of the variables in infertile women
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 | ||