Author:

• Ana Cláudia Chazan - Chazan,Ana Cláudia - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas/Universidade do estado do Rio de Janeiro-Departamento de Medicina de Familia e Comunidade - <anachazan@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Mônica Campos - Campos, M. - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Departamento de Ciências Sociais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. - <monicarodriguescampos@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7443-5977
• Flavia Portugal - Portugal,Flavia - Departamento de Ciências Sociais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - - <flaviabportugal@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

Abstract
UERJ allocates 45% of the university‘s places to students with socioeconomic deficiency. We used Whoqol-bref to assess to what extent sociodemographic, health variables, admission process and year of graduation simultaneously influence the quality of life (QOL) domains of medical students. 394 students averaging 23 years of age participated in the study: 61% females, 43% quota holders and 20% referred chronic morbidity (RCM). The lowest QOL scores were observed among women, with RCM, quota holders, economic class C and students at the 3rd and 6th grades. A multiple linear regression analysis showed that all independent variables analyzed had a negative association with QOL domains, and when assessed jointly contributed partly to its explanation, achieving 22% in the "environment" domain, influenced by social class and admission process. The presence of a RCM had a negative influence on the physical, psychological and social relations domains. The last two domains were also influenced by the year of graduation (being from the third or sixth years). Variables with a positive influence on the QOL need to be explored. The data obtained are enough to serve as the base for approach strategies to be applied to the most vulnerable students during medical training, giving special attention to quota holders.
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Keywords:

quality of life medical students.

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