The health related quality of life among academician: a case study / Norin Rahayu S.

There has been preconceived notion that lecturers suffer poor social and poor emotional functioning due to stress brought by excessive teaching, research and administrative workload. Lecturers and teachers claimed to be exposed to high risk of stress and occupational 'burnout'. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors that affect the health related quality of life (HRQoL) on academic staff. The instrument used in this study was taken from the Short Form Health Survey version 2 (SF36v2) questionnaires and sociodemographic information was also collected from the participants in July 2010. One hundred and sixteen lecturers in Shah Alam were enrolled in this study. Only one factor was significantly associated with mental component summaries of SF - 36 (R2=.17, F (6,108)=3.77, p=.00) but there was no significant result for physical component summaries. Findings showed that the lecturers do not possess poor mental health status, however , general health and mental health were most affected. More complex models are essential to give a clearer and better picture of the real status of the HRQoL of lecturers as many factors may give influences on the health related quality of life on academicians.