The quality of work life is one of the things that has been affected by the spread of the Covid-19 disease. so that it can directly affect the quality of nursing care, so this study was conducted with the aim of comparing the quality of work life and related factors of nurses in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 wards. The present study is a cross-sectional and descriptive analysis. The statistical population included all nurses in the Tehran University of Medical Sciences hospitals in 2022. Sampling in this study was done in stratified form with probability assigned to the size of each stratum. The statistical sample was 210 nurses working in the COVID and NON-COVID departments, collected using a 32-question questionnaire of Walton’s quality of work life. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 25 software and descriptive and inferential statistical tests. The average quality of work life in nurses working in COVID-19 wards was 80.88 and nurses working in non-COVID-19 wards was 94.88 which was statistically significant (P<0.001). It was also shown there is a significant relationship between the quality of work-life variables and each of its components in participating nurses with marital status. According to the quality of work life of nurses working in COVID-19 wards was lower than in non-Covid-19 wards, health system managers can adopt appropriate strategies for the quality of work life during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic to improve access to higher quality nursing cares.

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M. Taheri, A. Rahgoi, P. Rezasoltani and F. Khoshknab, “A Comparative Study of Quality of Work Life and Related Factors of Nurses in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 Wards of Hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Science in 2022”, International Journal of Health and Medical Sciences, vol. 9, pp.14-22, 2023. Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.20469/ijhms.9.30003