Stručni rad
Health-related quality of life of women with disabilities in relation to their employment status
Andreja Barišin
orcid.org/0009-0003-7403-4625
; Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Benjak
; Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Gorka Vuletić
; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of J.J. Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia
Sažetak
Aim To compare the health-related quality of life of unemployed
and employed women with disabilities and establish
factors affecting their life satisfaction.
Methods The study included 318 women with disabilities,
160 of whom were employed and 158 unemployed, paired
according to age and region of residence. The health-related
quality of life was assessed by The World Health Organization
Quality of Life questionnaire, and social demographics
and factors affecting life satisfaction were collected by a
general questionnaire. The factors affecting life satisfaction
were defined according to respondents’ statements.
Results Unemployed women with disabilities had a lower
mean score (±standard deviation) on all health-related QoL
domains: psychological health (14.52 ± 2.80 vs 15.94 ± 2.55),
social relationships (15.12 ± 3.08 vs 16.06 ± 2.69), environment
(12.80 ± 2.78 vs 13.87 ± 2.49), as well as on a separate
item of self-assessed health (3.33 ± 1.16 vs 3.56 ± 0.92) than
their employed counterparts (P < 0.01). This disparity was
not found only in the domain of physical health. The largest
positive impact on life satisfaction in both groups was
family.
Conclusion As disabled women are a particularly vulnerable
population group, stressing the importance of employment
and family as factors affecting their quality of
life may help equalizing opportunities and upgrading the
quality of life of all – particularly unemployed women with
disabilities.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
71473
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.8.2011.
Posjeta: 1.835 *