Quality of life in women who attend the Isidro Ayora General Hospital

General objective: To analyze the quality of life of women attending the Isidro Ayora General Hospital in Loja. Materials and methods: This study had a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional design, carried out in the year 2024 and included a population of 566 women who attended various services of the Isidro Ayora General Hospital during the study period, selected by simple manual randomization. To collect data, a survey was used and the SF-36 questionnaire (Short Form Health Survey), validated by experts and with a Cronbach's reliability of 0.827, was used as an instrument. Results: Most of the participants were between 20 and 39 years of age (49.12%), married (37.81%), with a high school diploma (46.64%) and living in urban areas (65.19%). Regarding the level of quality of life, the average level stands out (46.11%); however, 22.26% reported a low level. When analyzing its dimensions, general and mental health are located at the average level. In addition, physical role was perceived as very low (58.09%) and physical function very high (20.17%). What is most striking is the emotional role, with similar values at the very low (35.31%) and very high (32.91%) levels. Conclusions: The results manifest that some participants present an average or high level of quality of life; however, when analyzing their dimensions, very low scores are evidenced in the physical and emotional roles indicating serious limitations in their well-being.