Qualidade de vida dos alunos do programa de pós-graduação em odontologia: uma análise através do whoqol-bref

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Cinthia Nara Gadelha
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Qualidade de Vida; Ensino; Odontologia
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/16281

Quality of life (QOL) is a complex concept, multifactorial and has received many approaches and meanings. The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of life of post-graduate students of the Graduate Program in Dentistry Dentistry (PPGO), Faculty of Pharmacy, Dentistry and Nursing (FFOE) of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). The study was cross-sectional with quantitative approach, using the WHOQOL-BREF employment. The collection was developed from June to August 2015 and took place at the FFOE / UFC, which is installed PPGO. The study enrolled 88 master's students, doctoral and post-doctoral, enrolled in PPGO / UFC in 2015. The students answered the survey questionnaire, the first part consists of sociodemographic information and the second by WHOQOL-BREF. For the analysis of the QOL data of the four areas studied, the physical, psychological, social and environmental relationships, and self-assessment of QoL indices "dissatisfaction" was used, "indifference" and "satisfaction". There was a larger number of female students (61.4%); 48.9% were single and 73.9% had no children. 34.1% said they devote themselves exclusively to graduate activities and 53.4% ​​worked as a clinical dentist in the public or private service. 17% reported having a monthly income of two minimum wages. 75% considered themselves religious people and 87.5% said that religion gives meaning to their lives. 31.8% were non-graduate scholarship. Most (53.4%) of students was in the doctoral / post-doctoral and 46.6% of respondents were in the second year. Regarding QOL, 55.7% were classified at level satisfaction. The physical domain when compared to the other three areas and the self-assessment of QOL was significantly lower (p <0.001). Already the self-assessment of the respondents about the QoL compared with the physical, psychological and environmental domains had higher statistical significance (p <0.001). Some socio-demographic data, such as being single (p = 0.005), be considered religious (p = 0.041) and do not have stock in graduate school (p = 0.025) were statistically significant when associated with analysis of scores of QOL, and these classified in unhappy / indifferent category. When associated domains and self-assessment of QoL with sociodemographic variables, there was statistical significance in the frequency variables of religious practice (p = 0.046) and year graduate (p = 0.025) in the physical domain; sex (p = 0.016) and considered religion (p = 0.008) in the psychological; marital status, both in social relationships domain (p = 0.017) and the environment (p = 0.008) and sex (p = 0.048) and frequency of religious practice (p = 0.031) in the self-assessment, all being classified as unhappy / indifferent. It was concluded that QOL of graduate students was good and that married students who considered themselves religious and those who owned stock in graduate school showed better QOL.