Quality of life, human insecurity, and distress among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip before and after the Winter 2008-2009 Israeli war
Quality of life, human insecurity, and distress among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip before and after the Winter 2008-2009 Israeli war
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DOI：
10.1007/s11136-013-0386-9
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发表时间：
2013-11-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Giacaman, Rita
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作者：
Hammoudeh, Weeam;Hogan, Dennis;Giacaman, Rita
本研究利用世界卫生组织的 WHOQOL-Bref 调查了 2008-2009 年以色列冬季战争前后加沙巴勒斯坦人生活质量 (QoL) 的变化；该文书在多大程度上充分衡量不断变化的情况；及其对当地制定的适合环境的人类不安全和痛苦措施的响应。进行普通最小二乘回归分析以检测通常与生活质量相关的人口和社会经济变量如何与人类不安全和痛苦相关。我们估计了三个生活质量领域的常用基线模型，以及包括这些标准变量和人类不安全感和痛苦的第二组模型，以评估个人接触政治暴力如何影响生活质量。没有发现 2005 年和 2009 年生活质量评分之间存在差异，结果表明 WHOQOL-Bref 在捕获因现有政治暴力加剧而导致的变化方面缺乏敏感性。结果表明，与 2005 年相比，2009 年人类的不安全感和个人痛苦显着增加。结果表明，政治领域可以提供对巴勒斯坦人和其他可能经历政治暴力加剧的人群的生活质量变化的进一步了解，并可能提高该工具的灵敏度。
This study investigates changes in the quality of life (QoL) of Gaza Palestinians before and after the Israeli winter 2008-2009 war using the World Health Organization's WHOQOL-Bref; the extent to which this instrument adequately measures changing situations; and its responsiveness to locally developed human insecurity and distress measures appropriate for context.Ordinary least squares regression analysis was performed to detect how demographic and socioeconomic variables usually associated with QoL were associated with human insecurity and distress. We estimated the usual baseline model for the three QoL domains, and a second set of models including these standard variables and human insecurity and distress to assess how personal exposure to political violence affects QoL.No difference between the quality of life scores in 2005 and 2009 was found, with results suggesting lack of sensitivity of WHOQOL-Bref in capturing changes resulting from intensification of preexisting political violence. Results show that human insecurity and individual distress significantly increased in 2009 compared to 2005.Results indicate that a political domain may provide further understanding of and possibly increase the sensitivity of the instrument to detect changes in the Qol of Palestinians and possibly other populations experiencing intensified political violence.