title: Relationship between life satisfaction and quality of life in Turkish nursing school students.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Ege University of Nursing Faculty, Izmir, Bornova.
authors: Yasemin
authors: Y
authors: Yildirim
authors: Serap Parlar
authors: SP
authors: Kilic
authors: Asiye Durmaz
authors: AD
authors: Akyol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012179:Retirement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Turkey; life satisfaction; nursing education; nursing student; quality of life