Objective: To survey and analysis social support and the quality of life about tuberculous meningitis patients and the correlation between them.Methods: Used WHOQOL-BREF and SSRS to survey and analysis social support and the quality of life about 62 tuberculous meningitis patients、124 pulmonary tuberculosis patients and 85 healthy people by carrying on a questionnaire investigation.Results:The social support level of tuberculous meningitis patients was lower than the normal and pulmonary tuberculosis patients(P0.01),It also showed that social support was positively correlated with their quality of life.Conclusion:The social support and quality of life of tuberculous meningitis patients were in the low level and closely related,nursing staff should improve their quality of life from helping the patients to expend and optimize their social support system.