An Exploratory Study of Quality of Life and Its Relationship with Academic Performance among Students in Medical and other Health Professions

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dc.contributor.authorChattu, Vijay Kumar
dc.contributor.authorSahu, Pradeep Kumar
dc.contributor.authorSeedial, Neela
dc.contributor.authorSeecharan, Gerlisa
dc.contributor.authorSeepersad, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorSeunarine, Melina
dc.contributor.authorSieunarine, Shivanna
dc.contributor.authorSeymour, Kahamaron
dc.contributor.authorSimboo, Samantha
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Arissa
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-28T15:01:50Z
dc.date.available2021-09-28T15:01:50Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractQuality of life (QOL) is a broader concept which represents experiences, states, appraisals, behaviors, capacities and emotional reactions to circumstances. The study aimed to evaluate the di erences in various domains of QOL among the students of five schools (medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy and nursing) and an optometry unit in the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Trinidad and Tobago. Further, the study evaluated the factors (sociodemographic variables and academic performance) predictive of physical, psychological, social and environment domains of quality of life. The research tool consisted of a validated questionnaire which had two sections; (1) sociodemographics inclusive of students’ cumulative grade point average and (2) the shorter version of WHO quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF). The data were transformed into a linear scale and exported into the IBM SPSS version 24 where t-tests, one-way ANOVA and stepwise regression were performed. Of the total 535 participants, most 383 (71.6%) were females. While comparing the di erences in the domains of QOL that existed based on the schools (professions) they were enrolled, significant di erences were recorded for physical (p < 0.05), psychological (p < 0.05) social (p < 0.05) and environmental domains (p < 0.05). Though the domains of physical health, psychological health and environment showed a significant association with the academic performance of students, the social domain had no such relationship. The overall quality of life has a positive connection with the academic performance of students in medical and health professions. Therefore, universities and all stakeholders involved in health professions need to play a critical role to ensure the students in health professions maintain a high QOL. At the same time, there is a great need for extra attention for students who showed poor academic performance in the previous semester to bring them on track.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChattu VK, Sahu PK, Seedial N, et al. An Exploratory Study of Quality of Life and Its Relationship with Academic Performance among Students in Medical and other Health Professions. Med Sci (Basel). 2020;8(2):23. Published 2020 Jun 9. doi:10.3390/medsci8020023en_US
dc.identifier.issn2076-3271
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7353549/
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49748
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMedical Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;Volume 8 Issue 2
dc.subjectQuality of life (QOL)en_US
dc.subjectAcademic performanceen_US
dc.subjectGrade point average (GPA)en_US
dc.subjectMedical sciencesen_US
dc.subjectDentistryen_US
dc.subjectVeterinary medicineen_US
dc.subjectOptometryen_US
dc.subjectPharmacyen_US
dc.subjectEthnicityen_US
dc.subjectWorld Health Organization (WHO)en_US
dc.titleAn Exploratory Study of Quality of Life and Its Relationship with Academic Performance among Students in Medical and other Health Professionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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