Introduction and purpose:Studying in medical sciences is a process during which the quality of life of students changes and affects the academic progress of students. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between academic achievement and quality of life of Aja Medical Sciences Nursing Faculty students. Materials and methods:In this descriptive-analytical study, 136 nursing students of Ajah University of Medical Sciences were selected using Morgan's table and entered the study based on purpose-based sampling.The data collection tool included three sections of students' demographic information, SF-36 quality of life questionnaire and DOrtaj academic achievement questionnaire.Finally, data analysis was done by considering the significance level of 0.05 by SPSS-24 software with descriptive statistical methods and using inferential independent T-tests and Pearson's correlation. Findings:73 female students (53.7%) and 63 male students (46.3%) participated in this study. The academic progress scores of male and female students were 142.39 and 142.05, respectively, which are not significantly different from each other (P=0.09).Also, among the components of quality of life, role disorder due to mental health has a significant difference in men and women (P=0.01), so that women got a lower score than men. Discussion and conclusion:The overall quality of life has a positive relationship with the academic performance of students in medical and health professions. Therefore, a better perception of the quality of life may improve learning in medical and health sciences students
Zarei A, Seyedi R, Ahmadi Y, Beinaghi N, Pishgooei A, Momen R, et al . Investigating the relationship between the quality of life and the academic progress of Aja nursing school students according to gender (2022). NPWJM 2024; 12 (42) : 4 URL: http://npwjm.ajaums.ac.ir/article-1-1034-en.html