Introduction: Medical students, susceptible to sleep disorders, have irregular sleep-awake cycle, with repercussions on the quality of life and reduced academic performance, often with greater incidence of psychiatric disorders, estimated at 15% to 25% during your academic training. Objective: To evaluate the sleep habits in students of medical school in a private college of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Method: This subset study is a part of an observational study with cross-sectional delineation, with data collected through the application of an anonymous questionnaire, where they were asked about the number (and modification) of hours they sleep daily, in addition to reports of “stress and anxiety”. These data collected formed the basis of an instrument for assessing the quality of life on the medical students of this College. Results: We analyzed data from 481 students: 82 (17%) at the first year, 118 (24.5%) at the second year, 99 (20.6%) at the third, 64 (13.3%) and 118 (24.5%) within the fifth and sixth years. The average age was 21.7 years (16-42) and 306 (63.6%) of female gender. As for the hours of sleep, 445 students (92.5%) report 5 to 8 hours of sleep, and 216 (44.9%) a minimum of 6 hours. In the sleep of the weekends, 394 (81.9%) reported change in the number of hours and, 313 (65.1%) referred to a reduction after the entrance into college. It was reported "some level of stress and anxiety,“ not related to the least number of hours sleepping (0.07). Comparing the data obtained among the 199 students of the first and second years (62.8% female-group A) to 117 at fifth and sixth years (70.9% female-group B), we observed similarity in relation to (1) number of 5 to 8 hours sleepping (A 92.9% x 90.5% B), (2) change the hours of sleepping on the weekends (A 81.9% x 79.5% B), and (3) reduction of sleepping hours after the entrance into College (A 81.9% x 78.6% B). With regard to the report of "stress and anxiety”, we observed statistically significant difference between the groups (A 100% x 88% B, p < 0.03). Conclusion: The change in lifestyle imposed on joining a new school learning model, generates anxiety and loss of sleep hours among students. The development of resilience and adaptation to change, both individual and institutional, may have been responsible to varying degrees of stress.

Introduction: Limited data are available regarding medical students' habits related to long duration shifts and graduation classes that could negatively impact on their academic performance. The objective of this study is to identify the profile factors related to life quality and cardiovascular risk on medical students of a private university in Brazil. Methods: This study is based on a descriptive analysis of cross-sectional cohort of a sample of 490 students from the first to sixth year of medical school. The data were collected through an anonymous questionnaire. Results: Some of the data were: 81.6% of students reported alcohol ingestion, 5.9% are smokers and 13.9% reported use of illicit drugs, 27.9% informed adding salt to the food, 78.4% reported stress/anxiety. Conclusion: After observing all the collected data, a project was built for a longitudinal analysis of the influence of life style during the medical school years on mental and cardiovascular health, short and long term.

Introduction: According to the World Health Organization , performing physical activity (PA) results in less chance of coronary heart disease development, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, heart attack, colon and breast cancer and depression, in addition to promote quality of life (QOL) improvement. Some studies show that students’ perceptions about QOL during your college experience are essentially related to the levels of academic support. Thus, it is considered that the level of subject PA is crucial in promoting health and QOL in medical students and have important role to disseminate information in society, that could modify the community culture and habits where they are inserted. Objective: To identify the profile of PA on medical students of a private College in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Method: This subset study is part of an observational study with cross-sectional delineation, with data collected through the application of an anonymous questionnaire. The collection of these data was the basis of an instrument for assessing the QOL of the medical students of this College. For descriptive purposes, we analyze gender, age, BMI (body mass index), year, place and frequency of PA, type of exercise performed and time spent per week with PA. Results: Of the 490 students with an average age 21.7 years (16-42 years), 64.1% female, 75.1% practiced PA prior to entered the medical college, but 38.4% decreased the frequency after initiated the college, 22.2% perform regular PA three times a week, 44.5% practice anaerobic and aerobic PA and 28.6% are sedentary. Among the male participants, 83% x 70.7% female, practiced PA before starting the course of Medicine (p 0.003), both with reduced frequency after admission in college (38.1% x 38.5%, respectively, p NS). The combined aerobic and anaerobic activities predominates in both genders. Comparing the data obtained between the first and second years (Group A), with the fifth and sixth years students (Group B), statistically significant relative (1) sedentary (A 34.5% x 23.3% B) and reduction PA after admission in college (A 33% x 56.7% B). Conclusion: Studies confirm that the teaching model with full-time activities imposed in medicine schools, reduces the time required to adapt personal habits and maintain a good QOL.