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Chronic illness can have a severe impact on the wellbeing of individuals. It could be quite stressful to make adjustments in day to day life to manage the chronic illness and cope with reduced quality of life. There is a two way relationship between chronic illness and stress. The purpose of this study was to compare the perceived stress and life satisfaction among adults who have chronic illness with those who do not have. A brief questionnaire on perceived stress, life change units stress scale and life satisfaction scale were administered on a group of 140 individuals (70 adults with chronic illness and 70 adults without any chronic illness). The sample was taken from various parts of Goa. �t� test was used to measure the significance of difference between the two groups. Results showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups with regard to perceived stress level, life change units and life satisfaction.