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Table 4 Association between quality of life and stress, social connectedness, and working management style*

From: Stress, health and quality of life of female migrant domestic workers in Singapore: a cross-sectional study

 

Do you feel stressed?

 

p-value t test

WHOQoL-Bref, mean (sd)

No

Yes

    

 Overall QoL (20 missing)

4.1 (0.7)

3.6 (0.7)

   

<0.001

 Satisfaction with health (20 missing)

4.3 (0.7)

3.8 (0.9)

   

<0.001

 I Physical health (21 missing)

71.2 (12.0)

64.7 (11.4)

   

<0.001

 II Psychological health (21 missing)

71.7 (12.1)

64.7 (11.4)

   

<0.001

 III Social relationships (25 missing)

67.4 (13.0)

60.9 (14.7)

   

0.004

 IV Environment (22 missing)

71.6 (14.0)

61.6 (14.6)

   

<0.001

 

Do you feel stressed?

 

p-value Chi-Square or t-test

Friendship Scale, n (%) (24 missing)

No

Yes

    

 Very isolated/Isolated

7 (25.0%)

21 (75.0%)

   

0.001a

 Some isolation

17 (37.8%)

28 (62.2%)

    

 Socially connected/Very connected

52 (61.2%)

33 (38.8%)

    

 Mean score (sd)

20.0 (6.5)

17.6 (3.4)

   

<0.001

 

Social connectedness

 

p-value ANOVA

WHOQoL-Bref, mean (sd)

Very isolated

Isolated

Some isolation

Socially connected

Very connected

 

 Overall QoL (5 missing)

3.6 (0.9)

3.5 (0.8)

3.7 (0.7)

4.0 (0.6)

4.1 (0.7)

0.002

 Satisfaction with health (6 missing)

3.6 (1.2)

3.8 (0.7)

4.0 (0.8)

4.0 (0.8)

4.2 (0.8)

0.156

 I Physical health (8 missing)

58.7 (11.0)

64.9 (14.0)

65.7 (11.6)

68.3 (11.3)

72.8 (11.0)

0.005

 II Psychological health (7 missing)

61.1 (10.8)

61.5 (12.9)

67.2 (9.1)

68.6 (11.9)

73.0 (13.7)

0.002

 III Social relationships (16 missing)

52.8 (18.6)

58.3 (13.0)

60.9 (15.3)

63.3 (13.5)

73.6 (10.6)

<0.001

 IV Environment (8 missing)

53.8 (17.4)

58.2 (16.9)

62.5 (13.2)

68.1 (13.0)

75.4 (12.5)

<0.001

 

Agreement between experienced and preferred working management style

 

p-value t test

WHOQoL-Bref, mean (sd)

No

Yes

    

 Overall QoL (13 missing)

3.7 (0.8)

3.9 (0.7)

   

0.026

 Satisfaction with health (13 missing)

3.8 (0.9)

4.1 (0.8)

   

0.027

 I Physical health (13 missing)

64.6 (12.9)

69.6 (11.4)

   

0.009

 II Psychological health (13 missing)

65.0 (12.7)

69.8 (11.5)

   

0.014

 III Social relationships (18 missing)

61.2 (15.7)

65.0 (14.1)

   

0.107

 IV Environment (14 missing)

61.4 (16.9)

69.1 (13.1)

   

0.001

  1. *Only significant associations are reported, p < 0.05
  2. aThe categories ‘Very isolated’ and ‘Isolated’ were summed up due to low frequencies; the categories ‘Socially connected’ and ‘Very connected’ were summed up due to low frequencies
  3. This table describes the association between quality of life and stress, social connectedness, and working management style
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