Influential factors on quality of life in married Iranian women during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: a path analysis

Daneshfar, Zahra; Jahanian Sadatmahalleh, Shahideh; Youseflu, Samaneh; Bahri Khomami, Mahnaz; Kazemnejad, Anoshiravan

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between quality of life (QoL) with anxiety, depression, corona disease anxiety, sexual function (SF), and marital satisfaction (MS) in married women during the Covid-19 pandemic. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study involving n = 296 married women. We used the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS), Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and coronary disease anxiety questionnaire, as determinants of QoL for data collection. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis. RESULTS: There was a relationship between the components of QoL with SF, anxiety, depression, MS, general health, and contamination obsessions. The results of path analysis also showed that that SF, MS, anxiety, general health, and corona-related anxiety have a direct effect on women’s QoL. General health has a more direct effect on QoL. CONCLUSION: The results of this study could help in a plan to improve the QoL of women during the coronavirus epidemic. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary information accompanies this paper at 10.1186/s12905-020-01114-2.