Relationship between life satisfaction and quality of life in Turkish nursing school students
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2013
Yazarlar: Yasemin YILDIRIM, Serap Parlar Kilic, Asiye AKYOL
NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2013, cilt 15, ss 415-422
DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12029
Özet
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between life satisfaction and quality of life of nursing students. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with a research population of 396 nursing students who received education at a school of nursing. The research data were collected between May and June of the 2007-2008 academic year. The data collection tools included Student Description Form, Life Satisfaction Scale, and WHOQOL-BREF (TR) Quality of Life (QOL) Scale. The mean score of life satisfaction was 22.90 +/- 5.74. Participants' QOL mean scores were 67.16 +/- 15.29 in the physical domain, 64.33 +/- 14.72 in the psychological domain, 62.81 +/- 19.12 in the social relationships domain, and 60.59 +/- 12.59 in the environmental domain. There was a significant correlation between life satisfaction and the four main domains of quality of life scores (P<0.05) and that there was a significant positive correlation between life satisfaction and quality of life among nursing students. In addition, it was determined that being a nursing student had a positive effect on students' life satisfaction and quality of life. Therefore, the education system is recommended to be redesigned in such a way as to make students more active and to improve their life satisfaction and quality of life.