Abstract
Objective: The objective of the present study was to analyze the factors determining the quality of life of medical students in Sobral-CE and to compare them with the student’s academic momentum. Method: This is an epidemiological, cross-sectional, quantitative and qualitative study, and a questionnaire was used to collect data from 308 medical students. The questionnaire chosen was the WHOQOL-BREF, which is a Quality of Life Assessment instrument, which will be composed of 20 questions, the answers follow a Likert scale (from 1 to 5, the higher the score the better the quality of life). Results: The students enrolled in the third semester showed a worse quality of life evaluation in all the domains evaluated, which coincided with poorer quality of life and with their own health. The fifth semester showed a better quality of life assessment in all domains. Conclusions: the statistically significant differences found between domains are due to the fact that students, when they enter college, have an enthusiasm that is lost over the years and a desire and search for mutual knowledge that goes away with the routine of the day by day.
Highlights
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines quality of life as the individual’s perception of life, addressing their culture and value system in which they live, and the relationship with their goals, expectations, standards and concerns.[1]
We evaluated the quality of life of medical students during the first semesters of the medical course in a private college in the interior of the state of Ceará
In the groups we found high scores on the World Health Organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL)-bref scores in the first two semesters, which declined from the third semester and started a progressive improvement in scores from the fourth semester, but failing to obtain the score obtained by the students in the first two graduation semesters
Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines quality of life as the individual’s perception of life, addressing their culture and value system in which they live, and the relationship with their goals, expectations, standards and concerns.[1]. The criteria of inclusion were: to be a student of the medical course of the University Center INTA - UNINTA. The exclusion criteria were incomplete or inadequate completion of the research questionnaire, lack of interest in participating in the research, and non-signing of the informed consent form. Expanding this concept to the medical students’ lifestyle, determinants can be found for their quality of life. It is worth mentioning that undergraduate medical course is one of the most sought after among university selective processes.[3]
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