Medical students' health-related quality of life: roles of social and behavioural factors

Jamali, Arsia; Tofangchiha, Shahnaz; Jamali, Raika; Nedjat, Saharnaz; Jan, Delnavaz; Narimani, Ahmad; Montazeri, Ali

doi:10.1111/medu.12247

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“…A previous study showed that living in a dormitory while at school was a predictor for IBS in university students [19]. In addition, living in a dormitory while at school has been identified as one of the factors that contribute to the deterioration of mental health in university students [31]. That is, due to poor mental health in students with IBS in this study, their academic lives may have been significantly less satisfactory than those of students without IBS.…”

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Maladjustment to Academic Life and Employment Anxiety in University Students with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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The present study tested our hypothesis that university students with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may experience less satisfactory academic lives than those of students without IBS. We also verified the hypothesis that university students with IBS might have higher employment anxiety than students without IBS might. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 1,686 university students. Presence or absence of IBS was assessed via the Rome III Questionnaire. Two original items were used to evaluate academic life. The prevalence rates of IBS with diarrhea, IBS with constipation, mixed IBS, and unsubtyped IBS in the study population were 5%, 2%, 10%, and 3%, respectively. Regarding academic life, the proportions of participants who experienced maladjustment and employment anxiety were 29% and 50%, respectively. After adjusting for age, sex, and faculty, the odds ratios for maladjustment and employment anxiety were significantly higher in students who screened positively, relative to those who screened negatively, for IBS (OR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.24–2.21; OR, 2.16; 95% CI, 1.68–2.81, respectively). In conclusion, maladjustment and anxiety over future employment were higher in university students with IBS relative to those without.

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Maladjustment to Academic Life and Employment Anxiety in University Students with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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“…Dados semelhantes foram encontrados na literatura, evidenciando a maior vulnerabilidade de estudantes do sexo feminino, ou daqueles que não moram com a família, ou que estão no internato ou que não dispõem de tempo livre para atividades de lazer para menor qualidade de vida no aspecto físico e mental 23 . Um estudo realizado com a aplicação do questionário SF-36 com 1.086 alunos de três escolas médicas iranianas mostrou, por meio de regressão logística, que ser do sexo masculino (OR = 2,88), morar com a família em vez de em alojamentos estudantis (OR = 2,72) e desenvolver atividade física diária (OR = 16,96) estavam associados a maiores escores no domínio físico, enquanto estar no internato, comparado a estar no nível básico (OR = 0,12), se associou significantemente a menor escore no domínio físico 24 .…”

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Percepção da qualidade de vida e fatores associados aos escores de qualidade de vida de alunos de uma escola de medicina

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Moraes

Benjamin

et al. 2017

J. bras. psiquiatr.

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RESUMOObjetivo: Descrever a qualidade de vida e fatores associados ao menor escore de qualidade de vida de estudantes de medicina. Métodos: Estudo transversal com o questionário WHOQOL-100, incluindo alunos do 1º ao 6 o ano de medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Não houve critérios de exclusão. Variáveis numéricas foram comparadas por teste t ou ANOVA e as categóricas, por qui-quadrado. Fatores associados ao menor escore global foram analisados por regressão linear, considerando-se significante p < 0,05. Resultados: Foram incluídos 607 (82,5%) alunos, com idade de 22,9 ± 2,9 anos, sendo 57,4% do sexo masculino, 99,0% solteiros e 14,5% moravam sozinhos. O escore global de qualidade de vida foi 72,1 ± 7,7 pontos. No domínio qualidade de vida, o escore foi maior no ciclo básico que nos profissionalizante e internato. Em comparação ao 1 o ano, o 6 o apresentou menores escores em todos os domínios, exceto na espiritualidade. O sexo masculino apresentou maior escore global e nos domínios físico, psicológico, independência e qualidade de vida, comparado ao feminino. Os que moravam sozinhos, comparados àqueles que tinham companhia, apresentaram menores escores no domínio físico. Os alunos da classe socioeconômica C/D apresentaram menor escore global e no domínio ambiente, comparados àqueles das classes A e B. Os fatores associados a menor escore global foram: sexto ano (OR: -3,5), sexo feminino (OR: -2,1) e classe socioeconômica C/D (OR: -1,8). Conclusões: O escore global de qualidade de vida foi 72 pontos, com menor pontuação no domínio físico. Os fatores associados a menor escore global de qualidade de vida. foram: sexto ano, sexo feminino e classe socioeconômica C/D. ABSTRACTObjective: Assess the quality of life and factors associated with lower scores of quality of life of medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using the WHOQOL-100 questionnaire with inclusion of 1 st -6 th year medical students of the Federal University of São Paulo. No exclusion criterion was adopted. Comparisons between numerical variables were made by t test or ANOVA and categorical variables by qui-square. Factors as-

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“…The first section collected the following sociodemographic data: age, gender, place of birth, place of residence, distance between residence and university, time spent getting to/from the university, weight, height, religious beliefs (no religion, or religion), and information regarding a participant’s and his/her parents’ education background, students who had a degree or not and habits [3, 14, 15]. In the second section of the questionnaire, we administered a Brazilian/Portuguese version [16] of the WHOQOL-BREF, a widely used, generic QOL assessment tool provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) [13] that was validated by Fleck et al .…”

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A cross-sectional study of sociodemographic factors and their influence on quality of life in medical students at Sao Paulo, Brazil

Serinolli

Novaretti

2017

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundVarious sociodemographic factors can affect the quality of life of medical students and interfere in their ability to study. A deeper understanding of these factors may facilitate improvements in learning and retention of medical students.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study of 405 medical students, representing 65.3% of the total student body (years 1–6), at a private medical school in São Paulo, Brazil. Among the entire study group, 177 students (43.7%) were male, and 228 (56.3%) were female. The mean age was 23.55 years (SD = 3.98 years, range: 18–40). The World Health Organization Quality of Life-Biomedical Research and Education Facility (WHOQOL-BREF) scale was used to evaluate the following sociodemographic factors: age, sex, academic year, daily traveling time, housing conditions, smoking, weight, height, participant’s and his/her parents’ education background, students who had a degree or not and religious beliefs. The reliability of the WHOQOL-BREF was evaluated using Cronbach’s analysis, and the association of sociodemographic factors with quality of life was examined using multivariate regression analysis.Main ResultsQuality of life was significantly higher in medical students with religious beliefs (β 0.14 for psychological domain; β 0.11 for environmental domain) when compared with that in those with no religious beliefs. BMI was negative associated with QOL in medical students (β -0.11 for physical domain; β -18.9 for the psychological domain). In both male and female students, longer daily traveling time was negative related to QOL (β -0.11 for environmental domain). Having at least one parent who was a doctor was associated with a better quality of life (β 0.17 for environmental domain). Male students presented with significantly higher mean scores for three of the four domains evaluated (β 0.20 for physical domain; β 0.25 for psychological domain; β 0.14 for social domain).ConclusionThis study has provided novel insights into the effects of sociodemographic factors, physical traits, and religious beliefs on the quality of life of medical students. These findings may facilitate improvements in physical, psychological, and social support for medical students at a critical stage in their training, thereby providing tools for student better adjustment to medical school.

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Medical students' health-related quality of life: roles of social and behavioural factors

Cited by 62 publications

References 52 publications

Maladjustment to Academic Life and Employment Anxiety in University Students with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Maladjustment to Academic Life and Employment Anxiety in University Students with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Percepção da qualidade de vida e fatores associados aos escores de qualidade de vida de alunos de uma escola de medicina

A cross-sectional study of sociodemographic factors and their influence on quality of life in medical students at Sao Paulo, Brazil

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