Quality of life among soldiers of a military unit in Bandar Abbas city, Iran

Given the great importance of military service, it seems necessary to investigate the quality of life in soldiers. This study aimed to assess quality of life among the soldiers of a military unit in Bandar Abbas city, Iran.
This cross-sectional study was carried out among 247 randomly selected soldiers of a military unit in Bandar Abbas city. Data were collected through a questionnaire consisted of two parts: demographic characteristics and a standard quality of life questionnaire (SF 36). Analysis of data was done using SPSS through chi-square tests, variance analysis, and the odds ratios.
The mean age of participated soldiers was 23±3.057. The mean quality of life in physical and psychological dimensions was 59.35 and 43.70, respectively. It was observed a significant statistical difference between the quality of life in physical dimension with psychological dimension (p The results indicated low quality of life in psychological dimension among soldiers. Therefore, it is suggested that intervention programs were implemented to improve the quality of life in soldiers.