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Quality of life and associated factors among students at a public university in the interior of the Amazon
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Quality of life
Universities
Mental health

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Quality of life and associated factors among students at a public university in the interior of the Amazon. (2021). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 13(5), e7562. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e7562.2021

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of the students of the physiotherapy course at a public university in the interior of the Amazon and to compare the values ​​found. Methods: Comparative, cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive study, carried out with students from the physiotherapy course from the first to the last year of a public university in the interior of the Amazon. The WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire was used to assess the quality of life of these students. Results: Thirty students of both sexes from the 1st, 3rd and 5th year Physiotherapy course of a State University in the interior of the Amazon participated in the research, in which those who obtained the highest quality of life result were the 5th year students with a total of 57.21%, in the second year with 52.88% and finally the 1st year with 49, 76%. Conclusion: 1st year students had the worst quality of life because they answered that they are dissatisfied with their physical and mental health, social relationships and the environment they live in.

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