Investigating the Quality of Life in Rural Areas

This survey study applied a non-experimental, causal-correlational approach which has studied the status of QoL and its relationship with general health and life satisfaction in rural areas of Tehran. The statistical population of the study included 61402 households living in rural areas of Tehran province.

A multi-stage random sampling method was used for sampling (n=382). The findings showed that among the four aspects of QoL, physical health (with an average of 3.62) had the highest rank. Furthermore, psychological health, social relations, and environmental situation were in the second to fourth ranks, respectively with averages of 3.37, 3.17, and 3.15.