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Background: Quality of life is an important concept that is related to working conditions and lifestyle behaviors of a person. Poor quality of life in critical care nurses can reduce the quality of care. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and quality of life in critical care nurses. Materials & Methods: This multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted on 360 nurses working in critical care units of hospitals affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences. Demographic characteristics form, World Health Organization (WHO) quality of life questionnaire (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 score has 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 quality of life (P

Abstract Background Young people are the main resources of any country and entering university is considered a sensitive period in their lives. Satisfaction with life is one of the indicators of successful adaptation to life. Lifestyle and spiritual intelligence can complement and give meaning to this variable. The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and lifestyle with life satisfaction in students of Medical Sciences. Methods This descriptive-analytical study was conducted among the students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2017. One hundred thirty-nine students were included in this study. Data collection tools were the King's spiritual intelligence scale, Miller-Smith lifestyle assessment inventory, satisfaction with life scale (Diener), and demographic information checklist. To analyze the data, descriptive and analytical tests such as independent T-test and one-way analysis of variance and SPSS version 22 software were used. The significance level of all tests was considered less than or equal to 0.05. Findings In the present study, 108 were women and the rest were men. 49.6% of students were under twenty years old. The results of this research showed that there is a significant negative relationship between lifestyle and life satisfaction (r = -.33) and a significant positive relationship between spiritual intelligence and life satisfaction (r = .27) (p