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Quality of Life and Wellbeing in Medical Students of a University in Southern Chile

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  • Bastián Delannays-Hernández Universidad Andrés Bello
  • Sofía Maturana-Soto Universidad Andrés Bello
  • Giovanna Pietrantoni-Richter Universidad Andrés Bello
  • Yaritza Flores-Rivera Universidad Andrés Bello
  • Ítalo Mesina-Vilugrón Universidad Andrés Bello
  • Alexis González-Burboa Universidad Andrés Bello; Universidad de Concepción https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6104-5614
Vol. 29 No. 1 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2020.58055

Abstract

The quality of life is a relevant issue in the context of higher education in Chile. This work sought to characterize the quality of life of students of different levels of the Medicine program in Andrés Bello University, Concepción campus, Chile. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in which 159 students, whose ages ranged from 18 to 25 years, answered the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Within the findings of this study, a general perception of positive quality of life was found (45,57% considered it quite good). When analyzing the domains of WHOQOL-BREF, it was found that women reported lower values than men in physical health, social environment and psychological health, the latter being the worst qualified in both sexes, suggesting that psychological wellbeing is relatively deficitary. It was concluded that the students had a good perception of quality of life, however, sex was a variable that influenced their perception.

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quality of life, wellbeing, medical students, university

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Delannays-Hernández, B., Maturana-Soto, S., Pietrantoni-Richter, G., Flores-Rivera, Y., Mesina-Vilugrón, Ítalo, & González-Burboa, A. (2020). Quality of Life and Wellbeing in Medical Students of a University in Southern Chile. Revista De Psicología, 29(1), pp. 1–8. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2020.58055
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Revista de Psicología
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
Universidad de Chile
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