Percepção sobre qualidade de vida de estudantes de graduação em enfermagem

Abstract

The research objective was to know nurse undergraduate students' perception of quality of life. A cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2010 to August 2011 with 56 nursing students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brazil. A specific questionnaire was used (sociodemographic, academic and health profile) and the WHOQOL-BREF. Statistical analyzes included a description of frequency, central tendency and dispersion measures, and comparison between domains. The Psychological and Environment domains were assessed as the best and worst scores, respectively. The facets called Thinking, learning, memory and concentration, Sleep and rest Energy and fatigue, Activities of daily living, Work Capacity, Participation in and opportunities for recreation/leisure activities,financial resources and negative feelings were affected. The facets with the worst score influenced negatively the quality of life for students and might trigger negative feelings such as bad mood, desperation anxiety and depression.

Quality of life of undergraduate nursing students at a Brazilian public university

“…The predominance of nursing students' reports corresponding to dissatisfaction with sleep demonstrates the compromised quality of rest and the level of energy among participants, revealing negative interference in the performance of daily activities and in the learning process. 6 The study on the nursing students' perception of their quality of life performed at the Universidade Federal do Estado de São Paulo corroborates the result of the physical domain. 1 In this study, the physical domain had the lowest mean score for nursing students in the four years of the course.…”

“…The aspects comprising the physical domain are closely linked to success in the learning process and achievement of academic activities, and may trigger negative feelings, which have direct influence on the degree of satisfaction/dissatisfaction that students demonstrate with their quality life. 6 The fact of 72.6% of students admitting the presence of negative feelings sometimes or often, such as moodiness, anxiety and despair is related to the result of psychological domain. The study on undergraduate nursing students' perception of quality of life performed at the Universidade de Brasília corroborates this finding, given that 78.6% of respondents stated they experienced negative feelings sometimes or frequently.…”

“…The study on undergraduate nursing students' perception of quality of life performed at the Universidade de Brasília corroborates this finding, given that 78.6% of respondents stated they experienced negative feelings sometimes or frequently. 6 The negative feelings presented by nursing students may be related to coping with difficult and uncomfortable situations as the reality of clinical practice and care for the sick, the course workload, and even socializing with teachers in practical activities. 3 The academic performance throughout graduation will depend on psychoemotional changes of students, which involves aspects that seem to interfere with their quality of life.…”

“…3 The satisfaction of needs of leisure and fun activities is essential to maintain quality of life. 6 Leisure is a factor compromised by the excessive demands in academia and course workload. 3 The students' dissatisfaction with lack of time for leisure activities may have roots in the same justification for problems with sleep and lack of energy.…”

“…2 In the national and international scientific literature, in the health education field and especially in nursing education, QOL has been a subject of major interest. 1,[3][4][5][6][7][8] Nursing students represent a group of individuals who are constantly compromising their QOL. To perform the actions of their training, they face situations of suffering and stress, such as helping human beings to be born, overcome problems and limitations, and die with dignity.…”