Quality of Life in Students of Medicine of the University of Gurupi-TO

Abstract

Introduction: Medical academics face many difficulties in meeting the training requirements. The difficult routine with intense hours of study, lack of time to carry out leisure activities compromises the quality of life of this public. Objectives: To evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of academics and academics of the medical course of the University of Gurupi-TO. Materials and methods: We included students over the age of 18, from the 1st to the 8th period, who agreed to voluntarily participate in the study. To evaluate the quality of life, the WHOQOL- BEF questionnaire was used. The data collected were inserted into a Microsoft Excel 2019 spreadsheet and the calculations followed the standards established by Pedroso et al., 2010 [1]. The statistical analysis of group comparison was performed using SPSS software, version 19 from the test protocol t of Student. The tests were performed with a significance level of 5%. Results: 140 students participated in the study, in which 54.28% were female and the other 45.72% were male. As for the self-evaluation of the quality of life, the students presented a total average of 14.41, while the average between the male and the female were 14.52 and 14.11 respectively (p=0.166). The mean QoL scores of the four domains were 14.59 for the physical domain, 14.12 for the psychological domain, 14.50 for social relations and 13.96 for the environment. When analyzing the differences between genders, it was observed significantly in the physical (p=0.001) and psychological (p=0.017) domains, with men being better classified than women. Conclusion: It is concluded that the QoL of medical students is average and high, however, male students have better QoL when compared to women in the physical and psychological domains.