Qualidade devida entre estudantes de medicina do primeiro e último período do curso de medicina da UFCG-CG: estudo comparativo.

Abstract

In the relationship between health, study and work, there are countless factors that reflect the quality of life of medical students. Occupational hazards and emotional disorders make students vulnerable to physical and mental illness, especially in hospital units. In this way, assessing the quality of life of medical students is a way to contribute to improvements in health and their well-being. Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of students from Medicine of the first and twelfth period in a comparative way. Method: The study will be of the analytical, comparative, cross-sectional type, carried out with students from Medicine of the first and twelfth period of the UFCG-CG. To evaluate the quality of life, the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item questionnaire will be used Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). The evaluation will be done through the questionnaire proposed by Ware Sherbourne (1992). The questions will be grouped into 8 (eight) domains with standardization of answers. The response values ​​will be transformed into grades of eight domains ranging from 0 (zero) to 100 (one hundred), where 0 = worst and 100 = best, for each evaluated domain. In the inferential analysis it was Kolmogorov's test was used to analyze the distribution of numerical variables. As the variables had a non-normal distribution, the non-normal test was used. Mann Whitney parametric test for comparison between groups. It was considered a significance level of 95% (p < 0.05). Result: Participated in the survey 83 academics, 43 from the 1st period, 40 from the 12th period. In the general sample, the smallest scores were for the emotional aspect and vitality domains and the highest for functional capacity and absence of pain. Women have a lower perception of quality life. Students in the 1st period have lower scores for aspect social life, vitality, physical appearance, while for those in the 12th period they are a general state of health and vitality. Conclusion: Statistically differences were found significant for most SF-36 domains when comparing the scores between course periods. Academics in the 12th period have a better perception of their quality of life when compared to 1st period students. No statistically significant differences were found for the state domain general health.