International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-78024720120508809817ENNeyshabour Faculty of Medical SciencesDepartment of Public Health, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, IranStudents’ Research Committee, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, IranDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran201201312012050420120430<p><strong>Background: </strong>The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of Neyshabour health-care staff and some factors associated with it with use of WHOQOL-BREF scale.</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted on 522 staff of Neyshabour health-care centers from May to July 2011. Cronbach&rsquo;s alpha coefficient was applied to examine the internal consistency of WHOQOL-BREF scale; Pearson&rsquo;s correlation coefficient was used to determine the level of agreement between different domains of WHOQOL-BREF. Paired <em>t</em>-test was used to compare difference between score means of different domains. T-independent test was performed for group analysis and Multiple Linear Regression was used to control confounding effects.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>In this study, a good internal consistency (&alpha; = 0.925) for WHOQOL-BREF and its four domains was observed. The highest and the lowest mean scores of WHOQOL-BREF domains was found for physical health domain (Mean = 15.26) and environmental health domain (Mean = 13.09) respectively. Backward multiple linear regression revealed that existence chronic disease in staff was significantly associated with four domains of WHOQOL-BREF, education years was associated with two domains (Psychological and Environmental) and sex was associated with psychological domain (<em>P </em>&lt; 0.05).</p> <p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings from this study confirm that the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire is a reliable instrument to measure quality of life in health-care staff. From the data, it appears that Neyshabour health-care staff has WHOQOL-BREF scores that might be considered to indicate a relatively moderate quality of life.</p> <strong>Keywords: </strong>Health-care staff, neyshabour, quality of life, WHOQOL-BREF<br />http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/474http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/474/1077