Volume 42, Issue 3, May 2024, Pages 494–501
Latifa EL EMRANI1, Abdenbi BENDRISS2, and Meftaha SENHAJI3
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco
3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco
Original language: English
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Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment and the determinants affecting it in the general population are essential to determine its needs and expectations. This work aims to evaluate the effect of educational level and marital status on HRQOL. Methods: Duke Health Profile was administered to a sample of 385 people chosen by quotas, living in Tetuan city in northern Morocco. Results: The Duke profile dimensions measured depend on the educational level, some of which tend to increase with studies increasing. Illiterate people have a bad perception of HRQOL for all dimensions, as opposed to those with high level of education. Marital status greatly influences the Duke profile dimensions. They was married people who express better HRQOL followed by singles, however divorced and especially widowed people had a bad perception of it. Conclusion: They was illiterate people, divorced and widowed people who perceive themselves in poor health and have a bad perception of HRQOL.
Author Keywords: health-related quality of life, Tetouan, duke health profile, educational level, marital status.
Latifa EL EMRANI1, Abdenbi BENDRISS2, and Meftaha SENHAJI3
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco
3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment and the determinants affecting it in the general population are essential to determine its needs and expectations. This work aims to evaluate the effect of educational level and marital status on HRQOL. Methods: Duke Health Profile was administered to a sample of 385 people chosen by quotas, living in Tetuan city in northern Morocco. Results: The Duke profile dimensions measured depend on the educational level, some of which tend to increase with studies increasing. Illiterate people have a bad perception of HRQOL for all dimensions, as opposed to those with high level of education. Marital status greatly influences the Duke profile dimensions. They was married people who express better HRQOL followed by singles, however divorced and especially widowed people had a bad perception of it. Conclusion: They was illiterate people, divorced and widowed people who perceive themselves in poor health and have a bad perception of HRQOL.
Author Keywords: health-related quality of life, Tetouan, duke health profile, educational level, marital status.
How to Cite this Article
Latifa EL EMRANI, Abdenbi BENDRISS, and Meftaha SENHAJI, “Effect of educational level and marital status on health-related quality of life using Duke health profile in population of Tetouan (Morocco),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 494–501, May 2024.
