General Health Status among Students of Islamic Azad University: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background & Aims of the Study: Health is one of the basic needs of human. There is aclose relationship between physical and mental health. Human psyche is directly affectedby his physical condition, and mutually his body and actions of human systems areinfluenced by psychological and mental space. Students because of their particularcircumstances are vulnerable to mental health problems. The purpose of this study is todetermine the general health status of students of Islamic Azad University.Materials & Methods: This descriptive analytical research was conducted on 478 studentsof Khalkhal Islamic Azad University. Simple random sampling method was used. Generalhealth questionnaire (GHQ-28) was used as research tool. Following data collection, datawere analyzed using SPSS Software 13.Results: The results show that mean score of general health of the subjects is higher thancutoff. In this study, 21.3 percent of students were suspected of impaired health. Also,status of general health of female students was worse than male students and significantstatistical relationship was observed between general health status and all its sub-scalesexcept depression and gender (P < 0.5).Conclusions: General health of students especially female students is impaired which mayconsiderably affect their learning and performance and academic achievement.