ResumoSegundo a Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) a qualidade de vida (QV) pode ser definida como "a percepção do indivíduo de sua posição na vida, no contexto da cultura e sistema de valores nos quais ele vive e em relação aos seus objetivos, expectativas, padrões e preocupações". Para se mensurar a QV um dos instrumentos utilizados é o questionário WHOQOLbref, que foi desenvolvido pelo Grupo
AbstractAccordingly to World Health Organization (WHO), quality of life (QV) can be defined as "an individual's perception of his position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which he lives and in relation to his goals, expectations, standards and concerns". For measuring QV, the WHOQOL-bref is a questionnaire developed by World Health Organization Quality of Life Group in order to evaluate the quality of life in a quick and objective way; this test is the abbreviated version of WHOQOL-100. The instrument involves 26 questions covering different facets within four different domains, which are physical, psychological, social relations and environment. The objective of this study was the application of the WHOQOLBref in a sample of 150 undergraduate and graduate students of a Faculty of Dentistry at a public university in the State of São Paulo with the purpose of evaluating quality of life of students in various socioeconomic aspects. The general average of the quality of life of students was 62.4. The domains with the best evaluation were Social Relations (69.3), followed by Psychological (64.3) and Environment (64.0), the Physical Domain (51.7) was the worst evaluated aspect. Through this study was possible to identify relevant points about the quality of life of students Dentistry, perceiving many of the difficulties they experienced and affect their quality of life, as well as seeking strategies for contributions to the improvement of quality of life. Descriptors: Quality of Life; Dentistry; Education, Higher.
ResumenSegún la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), la calidad de vida (QV) puede definirse como "la percepción del individuo de su posición en la vida, en el contexto de la cultura y el sistema de valores en los que vive y en relación con sus objetivos, expectativas, patrones y preocupaciones". Para medir la QV uno de los instrumentos utilizados es el cuestionario WHOQOLbref, que fue desarrollado por el Grupo de Calidad de Vida de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para evaluar este aspecto de forma rápida y objetiva, siendo la versión abreviada del WHOQOL-100. El instrumento consta de 26 cuestiones que abarcan diferentes facetas dentro de cuatro dominios diferentes, que son el físico, el psicológico, las relaciones sociales y el ambiente. El objetivo de este estudio fue la aplicación del WHOQOL-Bref en una muestra de 150 estudiantes de graduación y posgrado de una Facultad de Odontología de una universidad pública del Estado de São Paulo con la finalidad de evaluar la calidad de vida de los estudiantes en varios los aspectos socioeconómicos. El promedio general de la calidad de vida...