Abstract

Enter university, is a critical period in the lives of young people and is often associated with changes in social relations and human.The present study aimed to determine the general health status in Iranian university students in 2014. In a Cross - Sectional study evaluated the general health status among 1066 university students in Ilam, in 2014. A multi-stage sampling method was used. Data was collected by demographic and General Health Questionnaire- 28. All collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 1. A P value of 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Overall 62.8 students put into the health status. But 37.2 of all participants have disorder in one or more dimensions of their general health status. The Mean ± SD overall score of general health was 4.9 ± 1.1 in healthy and 11.93 ± 2.15 in disorder status students (P < 0.000). Age, gender, parental occupation, parental education, education field and education levels were different between the groups (P > 0.05). Age, gender, parental occupation, parental education, education field and education levels are main effective factors in general health status of university students.