Defining the Quality of Life Levels of the Nurses: A Study in Pamukkale University

Abstract

Quality of life (QOL) is a multidimensional conception is affected by culture, Valve judgements, persons positions, purposes, believes; experiences; expectations and perceptions. QOL perceptions can show a change in time. It involves person's physical, mental and social relations in family and out of family; environmental actions as well. Nowadays medicine develops increasingly, not only putting diseases away hut also increasing persons' quality of lives are aimed. Lifelong learning is an eternity process, voluntary and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for not only personal but professional reasons as well. This activity is creative and constructive process to healthcare professionals for developing QOL. The aim of this study is to determine the QOL of the nurses working in Pamukkale University Research Hospital. The study was realized on 87 nurses the research was done by using random sample method. Using questionnaire short form SF-36 scale developed by Ware. The findings from surveying was analyzed Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskall-Wallis test using SPSS collected data. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license.