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Objective  This research was conducted to determine the relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviors and quality of life of nursing students. Methods This study consisted of a descriptive - relational type, the universe consisting of 255 students receiving nursing education at a foundation university and the sample consisting of 181 nursing students who agreed to participate in the research. Research data was collected with The Personal Data Form, The Healthy Life Style Behavior Scale-II (HPLP-II) and Short Form - 36 (SF-36) between January 31 and February 10, 2017. Ethics committee approval, institutional work permit and informed consent of the cases were taken in order to conduct the research. Results Student’s mean age was 20.5±2.04 and 87.3% of students were female, 76.8% of them didn't smoke, 79% of them didn't use alcohol, 93.9% of them didn't have chronic disease, and BMI was 22.1±3.17. The mean score of HLSBS-II scale was 132.52±20.05. The mean scores of SF-36 subscales were 90.71±11.28 for physical function, 86.04±28.05 for emotional role restriction, 57.34±16.10 for vitality, 71.75±20.0 for social function, 74.65±19.05 for pain, 65.87±14.96 for mental health and 65.24±14.26 for general health perception. A significant positive correlation was found between physical function (r=0.157), emotional role restriction (r=0.149), vitality (r=0.367), mental health (r=0.323), social function (r=0.242) and general health perception (r=0.261) components of the SF-36 form with the HLSBS-II total score of the students. Conclusion As a result of the research; it was determined that there was a positive correlation between healthy lifestyle behaviors and quality of life of nursing students.

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