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This study aimed to assess the quality of life and its related psychological problems during COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>In this cross-sectional study, 559 citizens above the age of 16 years, in Isfahan and Bandar Abbas cities in Iran were selected with a convenient sampling method. An online questionnaire was used to collect the data, which consisted of five sections: demographic information, short health anxiety inventory (SHAI), perceived stress scale (PSS), world health organization quality of life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) and Padua inventory. Data were analyzed using statistical tests including t-test, path analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) using SPSS 24 and Amos 21 statistical software.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A total of 559 subjects with the mean age of 37.34 \u00b1 11.19 years participated in this study. Most of the participants were female (78.5%), married (71.6%) and employed (40.9%). The majority of them also had a bachelor\u2019s degree (42.9%). There were significant negative correlations between perceived helplessness (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = -.597, p = .000), perceived stress (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = -.715, p = .000), risk of disease (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = -.302, p = .000), negative effect of disease (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = -.424, p = .000), health anxiety (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = -.366, p = .000), contamination obsessions (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = -.187, p = .000) and washing compulsions (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = -.193, p = .000) with quality of life. On other hand, significant positive correlation was found between perceived self-efficacy (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = .665, p = .000) and quality of life.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n<jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>According to our findings, health anxiety, perceived stress and obsessive-compulsive disorder were negatively affected psychological health during COVID-19 which in turn decreased quality of life. 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