Background: Social capital, as one the social determinant of health has an effective impact on decreasing mortality in a community. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between quality of life and social capital among health workers in medical and health network of Rey city. Methods: This study was a cross sectional design conducted in 2012.Sample size was 140 individuals selected through stratified sampling. In this study, a questionnaire was designed that included three parts socio demographic (6 items), standard SF 36 quality of life questionnaire (36 items) and Bullen’s instrument (36 items).Data was collected and analyzed by SPSS software version 18 with using with T-Test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation. Results: Mean age of the participants was 34.28±7.44 years. There were significant associations between social capital and physical function, general health, social functioning, mental health, and vitality domains (p<0.05) while there were no significant associations between social capital and role limitations due to emotional problems and physical pain (p<0.05). Conclusions: According to the results, the increase of social capital in a community can lead to development of quality of life among health network staff. It seems by using strategies such as social networking enhancement, security establishment, strengthen interpersonal trust, expansion of social relationship and cooperation are effective for improving quality of life among staff.

Keywords: Quality of life, Social capital, Health workers

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