Predictors of quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective: To examine predictors associated with quality of life (QoL) in Brazilian medical students. Methods: PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE, LILACS, and Google Scholar were searched for research articles in English or Portuguese published through August 2018. Observational studies that measured QoL wit...
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| description | Objective: To examine predictors associated with quality of life (QoL) in Brazilian medical students. Methods: PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE, LILACS, and Google Scholar were searched for research articles in English or Portuguese published through August 2018. Observational studies that measured QoL with standard instruments were selected. Three instruments were used to evaluate QoL: the World Health Organization QoL questionnaires (WHOQOL-Bref and WHOQOL-100) and 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Hedges’ g was used to calculate effect sizes. A random-effects model was used in meta-analyses. PRISMA guidelines were followed. Results: The initial search retrieved 8,504 articles; 24 met the eligibility criteria for systematic review, and seven for meta-analyses of gender (n=3,402 students). Predictors of QoL such as gender, years of medical school(years of study), economic class, educational environment, academic efficacy, depression, burnout, resilience, empathic concern, sleep difficulties, chronic illness, body mass index, and leisure-time physical activity were identified in the systematic review. The most frequent predictors of QoL detected in Brazilian medical students were associated with gender and years of study. Conclusions: Female medical students had lower QoL scores in the physical health and psychological domains of WHOQOL-Bref compared to male students. Specific interventions should be designed for this group as appropriate. Systematic review registry number: PROSPERO CRD-42018102259. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f5b73ce55e9645eb92dd12642e7a2e682022-12-22T00:27:47ZengAssociação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry1809-452X2019-04-01010.1590/1516-4446-2018-0116S1516-44462019005007104Predictors of quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysisAna C. SolisFrancisco Lotufo-NetoObjective: To examine predictors associated with quality of life (QoL) in Brazilian medical students. Methods: PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE, LILACS, and Google Scholar were searched for research articles in English or Portuguese published through August 2018. Observational studies that measured QoL with standard instruments were selected. Three instruments were used to evaluate QoL: the World Health Organization QoL questionnaires (WHOQOL-Bref and WHOQOL-100) and 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Hedges’ g was used to calculate effect sizes. A random-effects model was used in meta-analyses. PRISMA guidelines were followed. Results: The initial search retrieved 8,504 articles; 24 met the eligibility criteria for systematic review, and seven for meta-analyses of gender (n=3,402 students). Predictors of QoL such as gender, years of medical school(years of study), economic class, educational environment, academic efficacy, depression, burnout, resilience, empathic concern, sleep difficulties, chronic illness, body mass index, and leisure-time physical activity were identified in the systematic review. The most frequent predictors of QoL detected in Brazilian medical students were associated with gender and years of study. Conclusions: Female medical students had lower QoL scores in the physical health and psychological domains of WHOQOL-Bref compared to male students. Specific interventions should be designed for this group as appropriate. Systematic review registry number: PROSPERO CRD-42018102259.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462019005007104&lng=en&tlng=enQuality of lifemedical studentsmeta-analysissystematic reviewBrazilian |
| spellingShingle | Ana C. Solis Francisco Lotufo-Neto Predictors of quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry Quality of life medical students meta-analysis systematic review Brazilian |
| title | Predictors of quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_full | Predictors of quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_short | Predictors of quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_sort | predictors of quality of life in brazilian medical students a systematic review and meta analysis |
| topic | Quality of life medical students meta-analysis systematic review Brazilian |
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