Journal of North Khorasan

Abstract Background & Objectives: It is generally believed that medical sciences students face tremendous stress in the course of their study, these stresses affects their quality of life. Regarding the importance of this feature, we decided to determine quality of life in North khorasan University of medical Sciences in 2011. Material and Methods: A descriptive analytical (cross-sectional) study was conducted on students of North khorasan University of medical Sciences (n=300) in 2011. The research tools included the questionnaires of demographic information and SF-36, a validated instrument for mental and physical health assessment. The data were analyzed by SPSS-16 software and presented with nonparametric tests such as Kruscal -Wallis and man-witney. Results: The results showed that 115(38.3%) of students were male and 185 )61.7%) were female. 15.2% of students experienced very weak level of quality of life, 26.4% weak level, 32.9% good level and 25.5% very well level of quality of life. There was significant relationship between the obtained score of quality of life and level of interest in field of education, satisfy of facilities and field of education Conclusion: The results showed that more than of students experienced good level of quality of life. The results suggest paying more attention to HRQOL and planning for promotion students' HRQOL.