Table 4 Mean (SD) of the pregnant women’s QoL based on the household food security
From: The relationship between food security and quality of life among pregnant women
| Â | General health | Physical performance | Role limitation due to physical reasons | Role limitations due to emotional reasons | Physical pain | Social performance | Perceived Mental health | fatigue | Total QoL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Household food insecurity status | Food secure (n = 221) | 70.3 (15.4) | 73.4 (24.6) | 67.9 (41.3) | 76.2 (39.3) | 66.2 (22.1) | 81.3 (19.1) | 70.6 (16.6) | 66.4 (16.6) | 71.5 (16.2) |
Mild food insecure (n = 86) | 65.9 (14.7) | 69.8 (26) | 50.3 (44) | 68.6 (40.4) | 66.1 (26.9) | 75 (19.8) | 68 (17.84) | 64.7 (19.9) | 66.1 (16.7) | |
Moderate food insecure (n = 37) | 57.3 (17.9) | 68.1 (21.7) | 55.4 (40.5) | 61.3 (45.5) | 60.6 (19.7) | 67.6 (18.5) | 58.6 (20.4) | 55.7 (22.7) | 60.6 (16.8) | |
Sever food insecure (n = 50) | 57.6 (20.1) | 60.1 (29) | 49 (45.2) | 51.3 (47.7) | 60.3 (25) | 63.5 (25.6) | 59.4 (22.4) | 55.2 (19) | 57.1 (2.5) | |
One-way ANOVA | F | 13.17 | 3.95 | 5.31 | 5.65 | 1.37 | 13.65 | 8.60 | 7.50 | 12.28 |
p-value | < 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.25 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |