Association between quality of life, practice of physical activities and frequency of study by undergraduate students in Dentistry
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Indicadores de qualidade de vida, Mídias sociais, Saúde mental, Uso do telefone celularAbstract
Objective: to evaluate the association between
a QoL of undergraduate students in Dentistry at
Faculdade CNEC Santo Ângelo with the practice
of physical activities and study. Methods: this is
a cross-sectional study. The participants reported
on demographic information, physical activities,
study frequency and content searched on social
media. In addition, the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was formulated to assess QoL. Data analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney and
Kruskal-Wallis U test (p-value <0.05). Results:
127 students were included. QoL was not associated with age, gender, social media used by participants and the time they used the cell phone on
a daily basis. The highest average was observed
in the social domain. Students who studied every
day had a significantly higher median QoL in the
psychological domain compared to those who
did not study every day. The practice of physical
exercises provided better QoL for the participants
and this association was statistically significant
for the physical, psychological, environmental
and total score domains. The lowest mean was in
the psychological domain. Conclusion: studying
every day and practicing physical activities were
independently associated with better QoL.
Keywords: quality of life indicators; social media;
mental health; cell phone use.
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