2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03587.x
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Health-related quality of life of medical students

Abstract: Major impairments in HRQL were observed among Year 3 students, students with depressive symptoms and women. Medical schools should institute efforts to ensure that students' HRQL and emotional support are maintained, particularly during critical phases of medical training.

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“…In the fourth year of training, the addition of the thesis to the academic assignments, expectations regarding the graduation, feelings of inadequacy, and insecurity about the future and entering the labor market can justify the impairment in the HRQoL of students of this period, predominantly observed in the physical functioning, vitality and social functioning domains. Therefore, unlike the findings of other researchers (3) , the greatest negative impact in the in Brazil (19) .…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 63%
“…In the fourth year of training, the addition of the thesis to the academic assignments, expectations regarding the graduation, feelings of inadequacy, and insecurity about the future and entering the labor market can justify the impairment in the HRQoL of students of this period, predominantly observed in the physical functioning, vitality and social functioning domains. Therefore, unlike the findings of other researchers (3) , the greatest negative impact in the in Brazil (19) .…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 63%
“…Em seus depoimentos, os alunos vivenciaram a necessidade de suporte para as dúvidas e angústias geradas durante o curso de Medicina, reforçando estudos que apontam a influência negativa do curso médico na qualidade de vida do estudante [19][20][21][22][23][24] . Confirmando a vocação do mentoring como estratégia de suporte importante para os momentos de transição [25][26][27] , a inserção da atividade no início do 3º ano do curso, marcado pelos primeiros contatos com os pacientes, foi considerada pertinente pelos alunos.…”
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“…The quality of life evaluation through the WHOQOL-bref has already been measured in undergraduate students in the health area, such as Dentistry 6 , Nursing 11,12 and Medicine [13][14][15] . However, studies in which this instrument has been applied in stricto sensu postgraduate students were not found in the national and international literature, making this work significant and original, being limited, however, the comparison of the results.…”
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confidence: 99%