The relationship between psychological capital and quality of life and social health of nurses working in the treatment centers of Guilan University of Medical Sciences

Psychological capital is one of the indicators of positivity psychology that can use its components to have a positive impact on the quality of life and social health of nurses. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between psychological capital and quality of life and social health of nurses working in the treatment centers of Guilan University of Medical Sciences.

In this descriptive-correlational study, 315 nurses from Lahijan city were selected. Lutans (2007) Psychological Capital Questionnaire (Keyes Social Health (2004) and Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-36) were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using statistical tests.

The results showed that the mean age of the nurses in the study was 44.13 years. The mean score of psychological capital was 3.03, quality of life was 3.18 and social health was 3.04, which shows that they were at the desired level and there was a statistically significant relationship between psychological capital and quality of life and social health of nurses (p˂ 0/001).

Considering the relationship between psychological capital and quality of life and social health, it seems necessary to pay more attention to the promotion of psychological capital in nurses and planning to improve the effective factors in quality of life improvement programs.