The quality of life within personal wellbeing is conditioned by both objective and subjective factors, which when combined harmoniously, achieve a feeling of wellbeing in general as a satisfactory personal goal, this perception of satisfaction, leads to a comprehensive development; in which aspects such as our physical and psychological health, social relationships and the different development environments, achieve more rewarding personal results and benefits. The objective of this study was to relate the quality of life and fear of nursing interns of the Catholic University of Cuenca, headquarters and extension, during the process of preprofessional practices in COVID-19. Method: we worked with a non-experimental, descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional, prospective and qualitative approach study, applying the following instruments: WHOQOL-BREF and the Fear of COVID19 scale (FCV-19S). The nursing interns of the Catholic University of Cuenca who are doing their preprofessional internship present medium levels of quality of life and high levels of fear of COVID-19. According to Pearson's R of -0.101, it was demonstrated that there is a negative and low correlation between quality of life and fear of COVID-19.

Keywords : Quality of Life, Fear, Nursing Interns, PreProfessional Practices, COVID-19.