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Influencing Factors on Quality of Life of Middle-aged Women Living in Rural Area
Kyung Rim Shin, Jin Hyang Yang
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2003;33(7):999-1007.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2003.33.7.999
Published online: March 28, 2017

1College of Nursing Science, Ewha Womens University, Korea.

2Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Inje University, Korea.

jhyang@inje.ac.kr

Copyright © 2003 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    This study was to investigate the factors influencing quality of life of middle-aged women in rural area, to provide the basic data for health promoting intervention in order to improve quality of life.
  • Method
    The subjects were 469 middle-aged women by 40-64 from 7 rural areas in Gyeonggi-do, Jeolla-do and Gyeongsang-do. Data collection was conducted by using 6 questionnaires.
  • Result
    There were significant differences in the quality of life by age, educational level, marital status, religion, family pattern, and economic level. There were positive relationships between quality of life and health perception, social support, and negative relationships between quality of life and depression and stress. Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis for quality of life revealed that the most powerful predictor was depression. Depression, health perception, social support, stress and economic level explained 51.5% of the variance.
  • Conclusion
    Depression, health perception, social support, stress and economic level were related with quality of life of middle-aged women in rural area. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the nursing intervention these psycho-social aspects to increase the quality of life.

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