摘要：Introduction: The population prevalence of older people has been growing worldwide; an essential public health goal is to reduce age-related disabilities in the elderly. This study aimed to assess socioeconomic factors influencing QoL among rural Shahindezh widow and divorced older people. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted among older widow and divorced women (≥ 65years), in rural area of Shahindezh County in 2014. The cluster sampling was used for sample collection, totally 164 older widows and divorced people participated, and the elderly LEIPAD questionnaire was employed to interview elderly QoL. Economic status was classified by Principle Component Analysis (PCA) categorized into high, moderate and low, t-test and ANOVA analysis was performed to test the effect of factors on all domains of the QoL. Multivariate linear regression was performed to determine the factors influencing QoL among the older people. Result: The mean age of participants was 75.2±5.9 (65-90) years. The results showed significant relation between the participants ‘quality of life scores and variables such as Age, educational, Economic status, Income source and Ethnicity (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis revealed that in TS and TCS models, Education, economic status, Ethnicity, source of income and occupation are significantly predictive of QoL (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Quality of life of widowed and divorced women must be taken into consideration as one of vulnerable groups of society. According to the results, illiterate, low economic Status, house wife and Turkish ethnicity widow and divorced women had low QoL, and require more attention to improve their QoL
关键词：quality of life; LEIPAD; widow and divorced older; socioeconomic status; western Iran
