QUALITY OF LIFE OF INBAHARAN TRAINING, MEDICAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER STAFF IN ZAHEDAN

Today, attention to quality of life is one of the interesting categories among international community. Thus, researchers seek to measure the impact of mental and physical illness on human ability to perform daily activities. This research was aimed to study the quality of life of the staff working in training, medical and psychiatric research center at Baharan hospital of Zahedan in December 2010. This descriptive study included 55 employees selected by stratified random sampling method. Assessment tool consisted of demographic information and WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire to measure four dimensions of quality of life including physical, psychological, relations and environmental health. For data analysis, t-test and f-test were used. %43.63 of employees was dissatisfied of the quality of their lives that is a worrying result. The highest levels of dissatisfaction were from environmental health, relationships, mental and physical. Between quality of life and its sub-categories based on personal gender, employment status, and duration of service, marital status, and education level there was no significant difference. Quality of life was significantly different between employees with no executive jobs compared with those with executive jobs. Considering the disturbing situation of personnel, the quality of life is necessary and the following solutions were recommended: delegating authority and responsibility to other employees to reduce physical and mental stress from work and encouraging employees to perform continuous exercise and medical examinations.