Factors Influencing Quality of Life Among Students of College of Nursing and Midwifery, Eleyele, Ibadan Oyo State

Quality of life (QOL) is a multidimensional concept affecting individual in a complex way including physical and psychological health, personal views, social and environmental relationships. It has been used in a variety of ways to characterize one’s life. There is little or no research evidence on why nursing students do trivialize their quality of life, and as such the impetus for this study is to assess factors influencing QOL among students of College of Nursing and Midwifery Eleyele, Ibadan. This is a descriptive cross sectional study where self-designed and well-structured questionnaires were administered to 170 students who met the inclusion criteria at College of Nursing and Midwifery Eleyele, Ibadan North West Local Government, Ibadan. Questionnaire were retrieved from respondents after successful completion, data collection spanned a period of two weeks, data collected were coded and fed into computer using statistical package of social sciences version 23. Frequency counts, simple percentage and Chi-square statistical analysis were used on the collected data. The level of significant was set at 0.05. The findings shows the age range to be 19 to 27years and mean age 20.73 ± 1.72 years. Vast majority 96.3% indicated that they are stratified with their department and about77.8% hailed from urban area. It was revealed that majority 128(79.0%) of the respondents have good knowledge of QOL, while 34(21.0%) have poor knowledge Mean while a little above half 83(51.2%) of the respondents have good perception of QOL, while 79(48.8%) have poor perception. given a total of 162(100%) respondents. Among the top most factors highlighted were physical environment, psychological health, financial resources and inadequate leaning facilities. Chi-square analysis showed that there is a significant relationship between age and knowledge of QOL among nursing students (χ2 = 15.030, df = 4, p<0.05). It also showed that there is no significant relationship between marital status and knowledge of QOL among nursing students (χ2 = 1.370, df = 1, p>0.05). Evidence from the study shows that that there is a significant relationship between knowledge and perception of QOL among nursing students (χ2 = 6.140, df = 1, p<0.05). Conclusively, considering their stressful lives, the present study reinstate the importance of ensuring the highest level of well-being among nursing students. The maintenance of high levels of well-being among nursing students should also be prioritized to maximize their learning and ensure their satisfaction in their student life. In order to improve the situation of these population, policy makers need to consider how restrictions on lifestyle affect QoL. Key words: Factors, Quality of life, Nursing Students,