scholarly journals Quality Of General Life In The Medicine Course Students

10.3823/2468 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Oliveira de Andrade ◽  
Alexandra Maria Almeida Carvalho ◽  
Ernesto Antonio Figueiró-Filho ◽  
Elenir Rose Jardim Cury Pontes ◽  
Giovana Kátia Viana Nucci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Psychological Domain ◽  
The Social ◽  
General Quality

Objective: To evaluate the general quality of life in medical students. Method: This is a cross-sectional observational study of 320 students from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, located in Campo Grande, Brazil, who answered the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment instrument. Results: The medical students evaluated having a good general quality of life and good satisfaction with their health. According to the domains, the psychological domain was smaller than the social relationships and environment domains. The students had a difference in the values of the WHOQOL-BREF scores only between the psychological and the environment domains and lower values in the men, in the physical and psychological domains. During the years of the course, there was a difference between the domains only for the 3rd grade of the course, with lower scores for the psychological domain. In each domain, the values of the WHOQOL-BREF scores were higher in the second grade compared to the 5th grade in the social relationships domain, and in the environmental domain. The 1st grade had lower values than the 6th grade. Conclusion: Medical students have a positive characterization of the quality of life, although it is less in the psychological domain, by the frequency of negative feelings not enjoying life or concentrating in a satisfactory way. Female students are more fragile in the psychological and physical domain than male students. Keywords: Quality of life; Medical students; Medical Education.

scholarly journals Three Strategies for Describing Social Interactions of Adolescents in a Multicultural Environment—Indicators for the Quality of Life Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 8166
Author(s):  
Alicja Szerląg ◽  
Arkadiusz Urbanek ◽  
Kamila Gandecka
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Multicultural Community ◽  
The Social

Background: The analysis has involved social interactions in a multicultural environment. The social context has been defined by the Vilnius region (Lithuania), where national, religious, and cultural differences exist across generations (multicultural community). The space of “social relationships”, as one of the modules of the WHO quality of life assessment, has been studied. An innovation of the research has been related to the analysis of the phenomenon of community of nationalities and cultures as a predictor of quality of life (QoL). The social motive of the research has been the historical continuity (for centuries) of the construction of the Vilnius cultural borderland. Here, the local community evolves from a group of many cultures to an intercultural community. Interpreting the data, therefore, requires a long perspective (a few generations) to understand the quality of relationships. We see social interactions and strategies for building them as a potential for social QoL in multicultural environments. Methods: The research has been conducted on a sample of 374 respondents, including Poles (172), Lithuanians (133), and Russians (69). A diagnostic poll has been used. The respondents were adolescents (15–16 years). The research answers the question: What variables form the interaction strategies of adolescents in a multicultural environment? The findings relate to interpreting the social interactions of adolescents within the boundaries of their living environment. The description of the social relations of adolescents provides an opportunity to implement the findings for further research on QoL. Results: An innovative outcome of the research is the analysis of 3 interaction strategies (attachment to national identification, intercultural dialogue, and multicultural community building) as a background for interpreting QoL in a multicultural environment. Their understanding is a useful knowledge for QoL researchers. The data analysis has taken into account cultural and generational (historical) sensitivities. Therefore, the team studying the data has consisted of researchers and residents of the Vilnius region. We used the interaction strategies of adolescents to describe the category of “social relationships” in nationally and culturally diverse settings.

scholarly journals Quality of Life and Spirituality in Medical Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Juliano de Trotta ◽  
Sérgio Candido Kowalski ◽  
Francisco Cenci Comin ◽  
Rafaela Chiuco Zeni ◽  
Pedro Vinícius Jales de Araújo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
General Quality ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

Quality of life is an eminently human condition that informs the perception of how the individual is in his life values, while spirituality and religiosity represent the connection with the sacred, the transcendental practices in the search for existential causes. Bringing these concepts to the academic environment can help in promoting health and better training for future medical professionals. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between quality of life and spirituality of medical students at a private university in the state of Paraná, Brazil. One hundred eighty-nine medical students answered three questionnaires (socio-demographic, WHOQOL-bref on quality of life, and DUREL spirituality) during the first and last year of graduation. In this study, we found that the general quality of life of medical students, according to the WHOQOL-bref scale, is regular (3.78), and there was no statistically significant difference in the general quality of life between the first and the last year of medical school. (p = 0.156). The social and environmental domains leveraged the scores more than the physical and psychological domains in both groups. On the Durel scale, intrinsic religiosity (IR) stood out more than organized (OR) and non-organized (NOR) religiosity, with statistically significant differences (p = 0.018), which may imply that these students prefer to seek more in themselves, a harmony of life between their beliefs and their particular needs, internalizing existential and spiritual reflexes that are reflected in their behaviors and decisions.

scholarly journals Analysis of the quality of life of medical students in Sobral - CE

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Benedita Tatiane Gomes Liberato ◽  
Ana Beatriz Gabriel Silva ◽  
Ana Talita Vasconcelos Arcanjo ◽  
José Jackson do Nascimento Costa ◽  
Peter Richard Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Quality Of Life Assessment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mutual Knowledge ◽  
Academic Momentum ◽  
Day By Day

Objective: The objective of the present study was to analyze the factors determining the quality of life of medical students in Sobral-CE and to compare them with the student’s academic momentum. Method: This is an epidemiological, cross-sectional, quantitative and qualitative study, and a questionnaire was used to collect data from 308 medical students. The questionnaire chosen was the WHOQOL-BREF, which is a Quality of Life Assessment instrument, which will be composed of 20 questions, the answers follow a Likert scale (from 1 to 5, the higher the score the better the quality of life). Results: The students enrolled in the third semester showed a worse quality of life evaluation in all the domains evaluated, which coincided with poorer quality of life and with their own health. The fifth semester showed a better quality of life assessment in all domains. Conclusions: the statistically significant differences found between domains are due to the fact that students, when they enter college, have an enthusiasm that is lost over the years and a desire and search for mutual knowledge that goes away with the routine of the day by day.

scholarly journals Association between social support and quality of life of relative caregivers of elderly dependents

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1321-1330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karla Ferraz dos Anjos ◽  
Rita Narriman Silva de Oliveira Boery ◽  
Rafael Pereira ◽  
Larissa Chaves Pedreira ◽  
Alba Benemérita Alves Vilela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Relative Caregivers ◽  
The Social

Objective: to ascertain the association between the social support and the quality of life of relative caregivers of elderly dependents at home.Method: a cross-sectional study conducted with 58 relative caregivers of elderly dependents, registered in the Family Health Strategy. Data were collected from the Katz instrument, sociodemographic, Zarit Burden Interview, WHOQOL-bref, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression.Results: the majority of caregivers were women, who took care full-time and presented moderate to severe burden. Most caregivers are satisfied with their social relationships and the social support received. It is found that the burden and the time of care correlated with the social relationships domain, which is associated with social support, and consequently, reduced quality of life.Conclusion: social support for caregivers is important to prevent health implications, burden, biopsychosocial stress, and provide favorable conditions for quality of life, by allowing greater freedom to develop their daily activities.

scholarly journals Quality of life evaluation of coinfected patients with HIV/tuberculosis in a hospital in northeast Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 0346
Author(s):  
Amanda D. SILVA ◽  
Thaylany C. AMORIM ◽  
Ádeny M. ARAGÃO ◽  
Maria J. IBAÑEZ ◽  
José A. FILHO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Evaluation ◽  
General Quality ◽  
And Performance

Objectives: To evaluate the quality of life of patients coinfected with HIV/tuberculosis and to understand their perception of their health. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a hospital in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Data were collected between November 2017 and April 2018 through interviews. The WHOQOL-HIV Bref instrument was used, obtaining the total score and performance in the domains: physical, psychological, level of independence, social relationships, environment, spirituality. Sociodemographic and clinical data from the Logistic Control System of Medicines (SICLOM®) were also collected through a questionnaire. Results: Twenty-six patients were interviewed, 76.9% were male, mostly heterosexual, single, 43.1% presented an advanced state of immune system compromise. 73.1% considered their health "good" or "very good" and 69.2% did not consider themselves sick. The general quality of life, score from zero (worst quality of life) to one hundred (best quality of life) obtained an average of 69.6 ± 9.1. In the domains, the worst average was obtained at the independence level (11.1 ± 2.6) and the highest scores were in the spirituality (15.5 ± 3.8) and psychological (15.3 ± 2.2) domains. Conclusions: The low level of independence and the unfavorable socioeconomic conditions were important aspects influencing in the quality of life of the studied population. Knowledge about the most affected domains in the quality of life allows the elaboration of clinical guidelines and public assistance policies that contribute to the well-being of these patients.

scholarly journals Quality of life among older adults resident in long-stay care facilities

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1186-1195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Magalhães Vitorino ◽  
Lisiane Manganelli Girardi Paskulin ◽  
Lucila Amaral Carneiro Vianna
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Epidemiological Study ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Care Facilities

OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the older adults' perceptions of their quality of life (QoL) in two long-stay care facilities in Pouso Alegre and Santa Rita in Sapucaí, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil , and to identify the sociodemographic and health variables which interfere in this perception. METHOD: a cross-sectional epidemiological study of 77 older adults resident in institutions. The instruments used were: personal characterization; WHOQOL-bref and WHOQOL OLD. RESULT: the highest average obtained in the instruments was: the "Social Relationships" domain in the WHOQOL-bref (68%) and the "Sensory abilities" aspect in the WHOQOL-OLD (73.7%). The variables age, sex, physical activity and level of schooling have a significant correlation with the WHOQOL-bref and the variables sex and leisure have the same with the WHOQOL OLD. CONCLUSION: older adults who are younger, with higher levels of schooling and who undertake physical and leisure activity have, on average, better perceptions of their QoL. The older adults' QoL in this study had higher rates than that reported in the literature and was similar to that in the community. The results suggest the need to train those involved with older adults in institutions so that they may develop strategies which promote the adaptation, adjustment and maintenance of QoL.

scholarly journals QUALITY OF LIFE OF STROKE PATIENT CAREGIVERS AT SRINAGARIND HOSPITAL, KHON KAEN PROVINCE, THAILAND

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1123-1133
Author(s):  
Lertchai Charerntanyarak ◽  
Karnchanasri Singhpoo ◽  
Roongtiwa Chobchuen ◽  
Chananya Kasinpila ◽  
Ratchada Ngamroop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Stroke Patient ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Khon Kaen

Stroke is a chronic disease requiring patients to be treated for a long period of time. Patients need to been given close and attentive care, and this has an impacton the health and daily lives of caregivers. The aim of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to investigate the quality of life of stroke patient caregivers at Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. The subjects were 166 caregivers of all stroke patients who received treatment at Srinagarind Hospital during the period 1 July 10 September, 2011. The research tool was a questionnaire which was intwo parts: Part 1 was designed to collect baseline data about the patients and their caregivers, and Part 2 was the Thai version of the brief WHO quality of life assessment instrument (WHOQOL-BREF-THAI). Data were collected from the patients medical histories and from interviews conducted by the researchers and were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that the overall quality of life of caregivers was at a moderate level with a mean score of92.5. In terms of each component domain of the quality of lifeinstrument, the mean scores for physical health, mental health, social relationships, and the environment were24.1, 21.3, 10.7, and 29.3 points, respectively.Even though the quality of life of caregivers was moderatelyhigh, medical professionals who provide care for stroke patients should assist and support caregivers in various ways by, for example, giving advice on sources of information which are useful to the caregivers themselves and for the physical and mental health care of the patients in. They should also provide assistance to families when they require help in continuing to care for the patients in their own homes.

scholarly journals Quality of life assessment after acute myocardial infarction

Rev Rene ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. e44265
Author(s):  
Bruno Henrique Fiorin ◽  
Rita Simone Lopes Moreira ◽  
Andressa Bolsoni Lopes ◽  
Walckiria Garcia Romero Sipolatti ◽  
Lorena Barros Furieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Acute Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Heart Attacks ◽  
Methods Analytical

Objective: to evaluate the quality of life after acute myocardial infarction, highlighting the differences by sex. Methods: analytical, observational study with 273 patients. For collection, a multidimensional assessment instrument was used for heart attacks. Data collected in a cardiology referral hospital, in which the t Student test was applied for analysis. Results: the majority were male (67.0%),with a mean age of 63.6 years, with a family history of heart attack (64.5%). The average quality of life score was 0.45,with 1.00 being the worst score. Dependence (0.82) and physical activity (0.50) were the worst assessed domains; and side effects (0.27) and diet (0.36), the best. The female gender had the worst averages (0.52, p<0.05), with emphasis on physical activity (0.58), emotion (0.49) and insecurity (0.44). Conclusion: impairments in quality of life were found after myocardial infarction, in which the dependency domain was the most compromised. The female sex had worse scores.

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