Avaliação da ansiedade e da qualidade de vida em acadêmicos de enfermagem e de medicina de uma universidade pública.

Abstract

The university is the institution that trains professionals from different areas and winning a place in Higher Education brings changes in many aspects of daily life and the need for adaptations, which can generate stress, feelings of worry and anguish. They can culminate in increased anxiety, making it a limiting factor for activities, and interfering in the quality of life of students. The study aimed to evaluate anxiety and quality of life in nursing and medical students at a public university in a city in South of Minas Gerais. This is a quantitative, descriptive- analytical and cross-sectional study, carried out with 272 nursing and medical students from a public university. Data collection was performed using Google forms, using a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (anxiety subscale) and the WHOQOL-bref instrument. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Alfenas. Statistical analysis was performed using the Shapiro-Wilk test to assess normality, Pearson's Chi-square test and Fisher Exact test (P<0.05) to verify associations with anxiety, and the Mann-Whitney test (P<0.05) to verify associations with quality of life, and the Odds Ratio, and Logistic and Multiple Linear Regressions to identify relationships between variables. In the results, it was found that there was a predominance of females (72,1%), aged up to 22 years (48,9%), single marital status (93,4%), non-smokers (94,1%) and originating from other municipalities (92,6%). In addition, 48,5% joined through the Unified Selection System in the broad competition modality, 92,3% are demonstrated with the course, 97,1% identify with the course and 71,0% have experienced some remarkable event in life on the last year. Among the participants, 58.1% were classified as having anxiety, and the logistic regression model showed an association with the variables gender, type of housing in the residence of origin, paid work and completed graduation. Among the domains of quality of life, the psychological had the lowest means and the environment, the highest means, both for the totality and for the courses separately. In the multiple linear regression model for quality of life and its domains, associations with the variables monthly family income, subjects taken in another class/course, use of continuous or daily medication, color/ethnicity, physical activity, course, year of the course, gender, sexual orientation, satisfaction with the course, form of admission, assistance/aid from the Department of Administration and Finance, and outstanding event in life. It is concluded that higher education institutions must pay attention to aspects that involve the anxiety and quality of life of students, implementing support actions that help and promote the improvement of the psychic quality of this population. This research can bring advances in the knowledge of the area, with its use in the elaboration or improvement of public policies that aim at the application of actions related to the promotion of mental health and prevention of psychic alterations in this population.