Association of Lifestyle and Quality of Life Among CriticalCare Nurses: A Cross-sectional Study

Background: quality of life is an important concept that is related to working conditions andlifestyle behaviors of a person. poor quality of life in critical care nurses can reduce the qualityof care.objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between lifestyle andquality of life in critical care nurses.materials & methods: this multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted on 360 nursesworking in critical care units of hospitals affiliated to iran university of medical sciences.demographic characteristics form, world health organization (who) quality of lifequestionnaire (whoqol-bref) and miller-smith lifestyle inventory were used to collect data.results: the mean age of nurses was 38.65±9.89. in the regression analysis, the lifestyle scorehas an inverse significant relationship with the score of physical health, psychological health,social relationships and environment subscales (b=-0.166, b=-0.233, b=-0.540, b=-0.067,respectively). an increase in the number of night shifts was associated with a decrease in qualityof life (p<0.001). nurses working in the hemodialysis unit experienced a higher quality of lifein the subscales of physical health and environment. also, the score of quality of life in marriednurses was higher in psychological and social relationships subscales compared to single nurses.conclusion: the quality of life of nurses is related to their lifestyle behaviors. therefore, policymakers and nursing managers should consider the necessary strategies to improve the lifestyle ofnurses. determining the work shift of nurses according to their conditions can reduce the adverseeffects of the night shift on the quality of life.