The health-related quality of life of Syrian refugee women in their reproductive age

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Manar Nabolsi¹  Reema Safadi¹  Carolyn Sun²  Muayyad Ahmad¹  Du’a Al-Maharma¹  Suhaila Halasa¹  Mohammad Saleh¹  Jennifer Dohrn³ 

[1] School of Nursing, The University of Jordan;Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College;School of Nursing, Columbia University

关键词: HRQoL;    Refugee;    Women;    Syrian;    Reproductive health;    Jordan;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.9990

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundHealth-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) for refugee women in reproductive age is highly affected by physical, political, psychosocial and environmental conditions in countries of asylum. HRQoL is enormously affected by the satisfaction of this vulnerable group with the physical, psychological, emotional and social care services provided in this critical time. Therefore, this study aimed toassess the HRQoL among Syrian refugee women of reproductive age living outside camps in Jordan.MethodsA cross-sectional correlational study was conducted with a convenience sample of 523 Syrian refugee women in the host communities in Jordan.Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was measured using the short-form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire.ResultsSignificant negative correlations were found between SF-36 individual subscales score and the length of marriage, the number of children, parity and family income. The strongest correlations were between pain scale and length of marriage (r =  − .21), and between Energy/Fatigue and ‘number of children’ (r =  − .21). Conversely, antenatal care was positively correlated with physical, role emotional, pain, and general health. Physical functioning and general health were predicted significantly with less years of marriage, younger age at marriage, less violence and by higher family income.ConclusionThis study suggests low HRQoL scores for women of reproductive age across all domains. Several factors such as years of marriage, age at marriage, the number of children, violence, antenatal care and family income affected the women’s general health. The provision of appropriate and accessible reproductive and maternal healthcare services in antenatal visits is critical for ensuring the immediate and long-term health and wellbeing of refugee women and their families.

【 授权许可】

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