Adaptação à vida acadêmica e fatores associados à qualidade de vida de estudantes de Ciências da Saúde

Abstract

Upon entering higher education, health science students will be involved in the health-related teaching-learning process, however, even with the acquisition of knowledge on this subject they may not adopt healthy habits and lifestyles. The academic experience begins with the student's admission to the university and demands adaptation to a new model of education that demands greater autonomy in the construction of knowledge and professional training by the students. It is during this period that students can change their lifestyle and begin to adopt positive or negative habits for health, possibly also influencing their quality of life. The present study aimed to analyze the influence of sociodemographic, academic and adaptation variables on the quality of life of students of health sciences. This was a cross-sectional study with quantitative data analysis, using the QVA-r and WHOQOL-bref scales. A total of 471 health sciences students from the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro participated in the study. The results showed a higher sample composition by female students (71,5%), mean age of 21,96 years old, single (96,2%), with self-reported white skin color (67,5%), with their own family (30.69%), coming from different cities of the city where they study (62,4%), mainly cities in the state of Minas Gerais (55,7%). Nursing students (201,59) and nursing (201,04) had the highest rates of adjustment to academic life (201,59) and the highest score was observed in the career domain: x = 3,85. The highest quality of life indicator was presented in the physical education course x = 71,17 and in the social domain x = 72. White selfreported students (p=0,019), with higher family income (p=0,048), from the study city (p=0,013) and with the best academic adjustment scores in the institutional dimension (p<0,001) positively influenced the quality of life in the environmental field.