Leisure time physical activity and quality of life in medical students: results from a multicentre study

Peleias, Munique; Tempski, Patrícia Zen; Paro, Helena Borges Martins da Silva; Perotta, Bruno; Mayer, Fernanda Brenneisen; Enns, Sylvia Claassen; Gannam, Silmar; Pereira, Maria Amélia Dias; Silveira, Paulo Sérgio Panse; Santos, Itamar S; Carvalho, Celso; Martins, Mílton A.

doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2016-000213

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“…Our study suggests that private life (i.e., social ties and leisure activities) could be an important resource for handling study demands. These findings are in line with the results of earlier studies showing that social support and regular exercise are associated with lower psychological distress or rather better quality of life among medical students [35,38,45]. A New Zealand study showed that 'medical friendships' are helpful in adjusting to medical school due to emotional support and/or a shared understanding of academic structures [46].…”

Section: Effects Of Private Life On Studiessupporting

confidence: 90%

Medical students’ perceptions of stress due to academic studies and its interrelationships with other domains of life: a qualitative study

Bergmann

Muth

Loerbroks

2019

Medical Education Online

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Background: Medical students have been found to experience considerable stress due to their academic studies. The high demands associated with academic studies may interfere with demands in other domains of life. Conversely, demands in those other domains of life may conflict with academic studies. Objective: We aimed to better understand the potential interrelationships between the demands related to academic studies and in other domains of life. Design: A total of 68 medical students from a medical school in Germany participate in eight focus groups. Sessions were structured by a topic guide and were recorded, transcribed and content-analyzed. Results: Embarking on one's medical studies was perceived to be associated with important personal challenges, such as living alone for the first time and finding a new social role in one's peer group. Permanent stress was perceived to result in emotional exhaustion, which spilled over in other domains of life. Students reported to feel guilty if they did not spend their limited spare time on learning. Consequently, they felt to have little time for leisure time activities and a healthy lifestyle. Feelings of social isolation, especially during exam phases, were reported. Leisure activities were perceived to facilitate recovery from academic stress. Social ties were subjectively able to reduce stress, but also to increase stress due to demands. Side jobs were perceived to increase stress and to be time-consuming and were thus perceived to result in poorer academic performance. Certain personality characteristics seemed to amplify those perceptions. For instance, high levels of conscientiousness were felt to relate to higher expectations regarding one's academic performance and thus increased stress. Conclusion: The demands associated with medical studies, the demands in private life, lacking resources for recovery and certain personal traits as well as interactions between those domains can contribute to stress among medical students and reduce well-being.

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Section: Effects Of Private Life On Studiessupporting

confidence: 90%

Medical students’ perceptions of stress due to academic studies and its interrelationships with other domains of life: a qualitative study

Bergmann

Muth

Loerbroks

2019

Medical Education Online

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111

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“…It is no surprise that, according to the results of our study, the degree of exercise had a positive impact on the GH dimension. The evidence of this can also be found in previous studies [32,33]. Among those studies are some systematic reviews and meta-analyses, in which enhanced HRQOL was demonstrated to have links with physical activities [34,35].…”

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Health-Related Quality of Life of Medical Students in a Chinese University: A Cross-Sectional Study

Qiu

Yao

Guo

et al. 2019

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Thus far, there have been no studies adapting the Mandarin 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (the SF-36) questionnaire for assessment of the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of medical students in China. This study aimed to explore the feasibility of that form and analyse its impact factors. The study involved 498 randomly sampled medical students stratified by their academic majors, and general information was collected. The effective response rate was 83.53%. Split-half reliability coefficients and Cronbach’s α coefficients of seven dimensions were more than 0.7 with the exception of the social function (SF) dimension. Spearman’s correlation analysis results were basically in accord with the theoretical construction of the SF-36. The HRQOL of the students was scored from 43.83 (the RE dimension) to 93.34 (the PF dimension). The primary impact factors affecting the HRQOL of medical students included major, sleep quality, degree of physical exercise, post-exercise status, relationship with roommate, and satisfaction with family. These findings suggested that the Mandarin SF-36 was reliable for measuring the HRQOL, that the HRQOL of medical students in a Chinese university was relatively poor, and that its improvement requires concerted efforts.

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“…In addition to PA is a good way for the person to improve his physical, psychological and emotional health [9] and positively influences the personal perception of QoL and well-being [10,11]. QoL is a multidimensional construct, including psychological, physical, social and environmental domains [12]. There are four basic environments in which individuals can be physically active.…”

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Quality of Life and Physical Activity among University Students

Çiçek¹

2018

ujer

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This study was to investigate the physical activity (PA) and quality of life (QoL) of sports department students (SDS) and other department students (ODS) attending university. A total of 300 university students participated in this study. 150 SDS (age; 20.67±1.65 years) including 89 males and 61 females and 150 ODS (age; 19.45±1.22 years) 56 males and 94 females. To determine the physical activity levels, International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short and Quality of Life questionnaire-short form (WHOQOL-BREF) were applied. The weekly physical activity scores of SDS and ODS were 5386.24 ±3528.47 MET-min/week and 1616.85±1249.12 MET-min/week respectively and statistically difference was found (p<0.001). QoL levels and physical, psychological, social relations and environmental parameters of SDS were found to be higher than ODS and statistically significant (p <0.001). In comparison with the genders, the total average PA score of men was found as 4938.86 ± 3919.33 MET-minute/week while that of women was found as 2592.44 ± 2276.82 MET-minute/week. In the QoL parameters, only the social relations of men were higher than women, and a statistically significant difference was found (p <0.001). In university students, it was found that as the PA scores increased, QoL levels also increased and there was a positive relationship between them. Students should be encouraged to do sport in their spare time to improve their QoL levels.

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Leisure time physical activity and quality of life in medical students: results from a multicentre study

Cited by 67 publications

References 34 publications

Medical students’ perceptions of stress due to academic studies and its interrelationships with other domains of life: a qualitative study

Medical students’ perceptions of stress due to academic studies and its interrelationships with other domains of life: a qualitative study

Health-Related Quality of Life of Medical Students in a Chinese University: A Cross-Sectional Study

Quality of Life and Physical Activity among University Students

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