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Abstract
In the last eight years, there have been three wars between Israel and the Gaza Strip. The last war (2014) continued for 51 days and left 2191 dead and 10 895 wounded. This study aimed to assess quality of life (QOL) of people wounded in the 2014 war in Gaza strip. A cross sectional, descriptive design was used in this study. QOL was assessed by World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. Three-hundred-and-hour patients participated in this study. The means for items of the WHOQOL-PREF ranged between 1.08 and 2.44 and the means of 18 items below two. Mean scores for the main domains of QOL were very low with an overall QOL score of 3.94 (maximum 8). Several variables such as age and need for hospitalization impacted the level of QOL of participants. The 2014 war left many people injured. The scores of their QOL were very low in all domains of QOL. These results should call the attention of health and public policy makers to take prompt actions to improve QOL of this group of people.
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