Health-related Quality of Life among University Students: The Role of Demographic Variables
| Autor: | Arash Ziapour, Neda Kianipour |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp JC01-JC04 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |
| DOI: | 10.7860/JCDR/2018/29161.11258 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Quality of life is seen as a broad concept pertaining to the sense of well-being and satisfaction in life. The physical and mental health of the students directly correlate with the health and future of the society. Aim: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of factors associated with quality of life on health promotion among students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, 453 students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences were selected through stratified random sampling in the academic year 2015- 2016. For data collection, a demographic questionnaire and the SF-36 questionnaire were used. Data were analysed through the descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, independent t-test, and ANOVA). Further, the SPSS Statistics 21 Software was utilised for data analysis. Results: The results of the present study showed that the mean and SD of the total score for health-related quality of life of students was measured to be 2.55±0.40. The results also indicated that quality of life significantly correlated with gender, age, marital status, education, faculty, and residence (p |
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