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KMID : 0892720010050010123
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2001 Volume.5 No. 1 p.123 ~ p.136
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Comparison of the Level of Marital Intimacy according to the Level of Stress among Middle-aged Women
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Kim Hye-Ja
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study was conducted to compare the level of marital intimacy according to the level of stress among middle-aged women.
Methods : Among 6,477 women of 40-64 years old in Moo Ahn County, 711 women were conveniently sampled from the population of each group stratified by 3 age groups and catchment area for 8 health subcenters and 5 community health practitioner’s posts. A personal interview was conducted with Marital Intimacy Questionnaire and stress questionnaire(4 points scale from 1 to 4 and 0 to 3, respectively) from 22 November to 20 December 1999. A higher score meant higher stress level and lower marital intimacy.
Results : Forty percent of the women had low level(O-5 point) of psychological stress, 31.7% had average level(6-12 points), 20.8% had precaution level(l3-19 points), and 7.5% had warning leve(over 20 points). For the physical stress, 20.1% of the women had low level (0-5 points), 34.8% had average level(6-12 points), 29.4% had precaution level(l3-19 points), and 15.7% had warning level(over 20 points). A low level of both psychological and physical stress was associated with a high marital intimacy level.
Conclusions : Marital intimacy of middle-aged women is significantly associated with the level of the psychological and physiological stress. Therefore, nursing intervention for stress management is important for the marital intimacy.
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KEYWORD
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marital intimacy, psychological stress, physical stress, middle-aged women
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