en بررسی کیفیت زندگی زنان شاغل و غیر شاغل ایرانی با یک ابزار ملی تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Background </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">& </span></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Aim:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> Quality of life (QOL) is a complex, multidimensional concept that has different meanings from the perspective of people in different societies, situations, and times, and relates to a person&#39;s satisfaction with his life. The present study was conducted to measure the quality of life of Iranian working and non-working women using an authentic native tool.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Methods & Materials:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> This cross-sectional study was conducted on 240 working and non-working women who were selected through cluster random sampling from the varied zone of Tehran Province (</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">from November 2016 to January 2017</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">). Data were collected through the</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> Iranian women&rsquo;s Quality of life </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Instrument (IWQOLI)</span></span> <span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">des</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">igned</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> by Seyed Nematollah Roshan with S-CVI/Ave 0.93, and Cronbach&rsquo;s alpha of 0.919. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Results: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Among aspects of the women&rsquo;s QOL, the highest mean was related to a sense of peace in life 71.816 (SD=27.40), and the lowest was received comprehensive support 42.708 (SD=13.02). Based on the findings women who work outside the home have required more support, on the other hand, non-working women need to perceive much sense of security, which can help them feel more satisfied with life.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Conclusion: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">The quality of life of all the studied women, regardless of their employment status, is not very favorable in Iran. Therefore, to improve it, it seems necessary to design appropriate interventions by health workers and health politicians.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Quality of Life, Working-women, Iran. 65 73 http://knjournal.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2-6&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Fatemeh Sadat Seyed Nematollah Roshan فاطمه سادات سید نعمت الله روشن sroshan.f@gmail.com 1003194753284600324 1003194753284600324 No Department of Nursing, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی آزاد اسلامی تهران Fatemeh Alhani فاطمه الحانی alhani_f@modares.ac.ir 1003194753284600325 1003194753284600325 Yes Nursing Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Armin Zareiyan آرمین زارعیان a.zareian@ajaums.ac.ir 1003194753284600326 1003194753284600326 No Department of Community Health of Nursing School of AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Anoshirvan Kazemnejad انوشیروان کاظم نژاد kazem_an@modares.ac.ir 1003194753284600327 1003194753284600327 No Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran