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Educación Médica Superior
On-line version ISSN 1561-2902
Abstract
DOMINGUEZ GONZALEZ, Alejandro Daniel; VALDIVIA GOMEZ, Gilberto Guzmán and LINARES RIVERA, Eduardo. Academic Performance and its Association with Quality of Life and Healthy Habits. Educ Med Super [online]. 2019, vol.33, n.2 Epub Mar 18, 2020. ISSN 1561-2902.
Introduction:
Medical students face, many times, unfavorable living environments and learning conditions, as well as psychological aspects that can impact negatively on their quality of life and academic outcomes.
Objective:
To assess the academic performance of applicants to study Medicine in association with self-perception of quality of life and healthy habits.
Methods:
A cross-sectional, observational and analytical study was carried out. A sociodemographic survey and the WHOQOL-Bref survey were conducted on a sample of medical students of the propaedeutic course.
Results:
Differences were found between students who passed and those who did not pass the propaedeutic course regarding self-perception of quality of life (p=0.01), and the domains of physical health (p=0.04), psychological health (p=0.02) and environment (p=0.003). Also, we found differences between students who had breakfast and those who omitted breakfast regarding self-perception of quality of life (p=0.012), physical health (p=0.009), and domains of psychological health (p=0.009) and environment (p=0.024).
Conclusions:
The high scores in the WHOQOL-Bref test are in correlation with high academic performance; also, the habit of omitting breakfast leads to poor school performance and lower quality of life in students.
Keywords : breakfast omission; medical students; smoking; alcohol consumption; risk habits.