Women's self-care behavior and its relationship with social capital in Yazd, Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research on factors affecting self-care is scarce. The social factors, in particular, have not been yet investigated in Iran. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-care and social capital among women.

Methods

The participants were 737 women who were living in the marginal, middle and upper areas in the city of Yazd, Iran. Data were collected using a researcher-made self-care questionnaire and Harper's (Off Natl Stat 11:2019, 2019) Social Capital Scale. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling by SPSS and Amos v24.

Results

The results showed that the social capital had significant positive effects on the general self-care behavior of the participants (β = 0.56, p < 0.001). It also had significant pos

SUBMITTER: Shiri-Mohammadabad H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438965 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature