Quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract

Introduction:Medical training negatively impacts the quality of life of students.Assessing the well-being of medical students might guide academic policies and future research for improving mental and physical health status of the population at risk. Objectives: This study aimed to identify the influence of medical training on the quality of life of Brazilian medical students. Method: A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted according to the Cochrane criteria and reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses protocol. The search was performed by two independent investigators using a predefined protocol registered in PROSPERO (CRD42021237926). Data were extracted from PubMed, EMBASE, and Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde. For quantitative synthesis, a meta-analysis was