Health-Related Quality of Life among Employed and Unemployed Women: A Cross-sectional Study.

IF 1.4 Q3 NURSING

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research Pub Date : 2026-05-07 eCollection Date: 2026-03-01 DOI:10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_65_23

Vandna Pandey, Remiya Mohan, P Gangadevi, Nancy Kurien, Joyce Joseph

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Abstract

Background: The general belief is that working women have better quality of life (QOL), yet the dual responsibility of home and workplace may have physiological or psychological issues. The study compares the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of employed and unemployed women.

Material and methods: A descriptive study using convenience sampling technique was conducted, and the data were collected online using Google Forms. SF 36 questionnaire was used to assess the HRQOL of two groups aged 20 to 45 years age. The study participants were employed and unemployed women working or not working for 6 months or more.

Results: The study results show that 72.80% of employed and 70% of unemployed women had good HRQOL.

Conclusions: The study result reflects that both employed and unemployed women had good HRQOL. Our results reflect that the physical aspects of unemployed women were better than those of employed women, whereas employed women had better emotional wellbeing.

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就业和失业妇女的健康相关生活质量：一项横断面研究

背景：人们普遍认为职业女性的生活质量（QOL）更好，但家庭和工作的双重责任可能会产生生理或心理问题。该研究比较了就业妇女和失业妇女的健康相关生活质量（HRQOL）。材料与方法：采用方便抽样法进行描述性研究，数据采用谷歌表格在线收集。采用SF - 36问卷评估20 ~ 45岁两组患者的HRQOL。该研究的参与者是在职和失业的女性，工作或不工作6个月或更长时间。结果：研究结果显示，72.80%的在职女性和70%的失业女性HRQOL良好。结论：研究结果表明，在职和失业妇女的HRQOL均较好。我们的研究结果表明，失业女性的身体状况比在职女性好，而在职女性的情绪健康状况更好。

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