Assessment of quality of life of postgraduate students in a private medical college of Karnataka using World Health Organization quality of life-BREF questionnaire
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Quality of life (QoL) is gaining importance as an important tool to assess the health situations. Medical field is one such stressful environment which can decrease the QoL of medical students. Among the medical students, postgraduate students undergo more stressful learning environment. Objective: To assess the QoL of postgraduate students in a private medical college using the World Health Organization (WHO) QoL-BREF questionnaire. Materials and Methods: This was a questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study conducted for 2 months from February to March 2016 on all postgraduate students of a private medical college in Karnataka. WHOQoL-BREF questionnaire is used as a study tool. Results: With respect to their health perception, exact half of students felt that they were satisfied with their health. Around 40% of them felt their QoL was good. Conclusion: Among the various domains of QoL, the students had higher mean score in physical domain, followed by psychological, environmental and social domain.
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Asha Bullappa, Prakash Kengnal
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