Quality of life of undergraduate nursing students at a Brazilian public university

Objective. To analyze the quality of life of undergraduate students of a nursing course. Methods. This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach conducted in a public university in a municipality of Paraná State, Brazil; the study used the World Health Organization Qu...

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Autores principales: Angela Rosa Moritz, Evani Marques Pereira, Kátia Pereira de Borba, Maria José Clapis, Vania Gryczak Gevert, Maria de Fátima Mantovani
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:72399740c2a64d7d80fad652a7b8a0072021-11-29T16:56:58ZQuality of life of undergraduate nursing students at a Brazilian public university2216-0280https://doaj.org/article/72399740c2a64d7d80fad652a7b8a0072016-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iee/article/view/325712https://doaj.org/toc/2216-0280Objective. To analyze the quality of life of undergraduate students of a nursing course. Methods. This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach conducted in a public university in a municipality of Paraná State, Brazil; the study used the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) of the World Health Organization. Results. The study included 95 students, predominantly young (83.2%), single (89.4%), females (91.6%), living with friends (47.4%), receiving allowances (59%), with enough monthly income (77.9%), and dedication of seven to eight daily hours to academic activities (25.2%). Among the areas of quality of life, social relationships showed the highest score (77.20) followed by psychological (67.73), environmental (64.85), and physical (63.40). The relationship between sociodemographic variables and domains of quality of life was not significant according to the Student’s t and ANOVA tests. Conclusion. This study highlights the importance of attention to the physical health of nursing students.   How to cite this article: Mortz AR, Pereira EM, Borba KP, Clapis MJ, Gevert VG, Mantovani MF. Quality of life of undergraduate nursing students at a Brazilian public university. Invest. Educ. Enferm. 2016; 34(3): 564-572.Angela Rosa MoritzEvani Marques PereiraKátia Pereira de BorbaMaria José ClapisVania Gryczak GevertMaria de Fátima MantovaniUniversidad de Antioquiaarticlequality of lifenursing studentsnursing education.NursingRT1-120ENInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, Vol 34, Iss 3 (2016)
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nursing students
nursing education.
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nursing students
nursing education.
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Angela Rosa Moritz
Evani Marques Pereira
Kátia Pereira de Borba
Maria José Clapis
Vania Gryczak Gevert
Maria de Fátima Mantovani
Quality of life of undergraduate nursing students at a Brazilian public university
description Objective. To analyze the quality of life of undergraduate students of a nursing course. Methods. This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach conducted in a public university in a municipality of Paraná State, Brazil; the study used the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) of the World Health Organization. Results. The study included 95 students, predominantly young (83.2%), single (89.4%), females (91.6%), living with friends (47.4%), receiving allowances (59%), with enough monthly income (77.9%), and dedication of seven to eight daily hours to academic activities (25.2%). Among the areas of quality of life, social relationships showed the highest score (77.20) followed by psychological (67.73), environmental (64.85), and physical (63.40). The relationship between sociodemographic variables and domains of quality of life was not significant according to the Student’s t and ANOVA tests. Conclusion. This study highlights the importance of attention to the physical health of nursing students.   How to cite this article: Mortz AR, Pereira EM, Borba KP, Clapis MJ, Gevert VG, Mantovani MF. Quality of life of undergraduate nursing students at a Brazilian public university. Invest. Educ. Enferm. 2016; 34(3): 564-572.
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author Angela Rosa Moritz
Evani Marques Pereira
Kátia Pereira de Borba
Maria José Clapis
Vania Gryczak Gevert
Maria de Fátima Mantovani
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