title: The Role of Socioeconomic Status on Health-Related Quality of Life in the West of Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The quality of life involves different dimensions of people's social mental, physical welfare and health.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to determine the effects of economic- social factors on quality of life in 2013 in the west of Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional study, we selected cases among different counties of Ilam province by multi-stage cluster sampling. Data collection tools were general economic questionnaires and the quality of life questionnaire SF-36. Data analysed using multiple regression models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nine hundred and eighteen participants were selected mean±sd age for the studied participant was 32.97±9.5 years and mean±sd scores for their quality of life were 61.74± 12.31. Based on results of logistic regression, the good quality of life among women was 1.2 times more than men and among married was 1.47 times more than single. After adjustments on other covariates, the odds of good quality of life for people with good and median economic condition was respectively 1.8 and 3.4 times more than groups with bad economic condition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Therefore, the general improvement of people's quality of life can be influenced by increasing social cooperation, improving health care services and providing counseling services about obtained policies by health care.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Department of Epidemiology, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences , Khorramabad, Iran .
authors.forename: Meysam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Behzadifar
authors.affiliation: Health Management and Economics Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran .
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Behzadifar
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Department of Health, Research Committee, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences , Khorramabad, Iran .
authors.forename: Shadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abdi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences , Zahedan, Iran .
authors.forename: Masoumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arabsalmani
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Ilam, Iran .
authors.forename: Mandana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saroukhani
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Ilam, Iran .
authors.forename: Kourosh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sayehmiri
keywords: Physical health; Questionnaire SF-36; Social cooperation