Qualidade de vida e depressão em residentes universitários

Abstract

In view of the growth in the population of university students and in view of reports and characteristics presented by them, the idea of ​​carrying out a more in-depth study in view of what was presented was manifested, the present study aims to assess the quality of life and the presence of signs and symptoms of depression in university students living in the residence of the Federal University of Alagoas / UFAL. This is an epidemiological, descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, in which the World Health Organization (WHOQOL-BREF) Quality of Life Assessment Instrument (WHOQOL-BREF) was used, the Center for Epidemiologic depression assessment scale Studies (CES-D) and a questionnaire for the student's sociodemographic characterization. 69 students of both genders and several undergraduate courses at the Federal University of Alagoas participated in this study. It was noticed that of the 69 participants, 47 (68.1%) of them had significant symptoms of depression. With regard to quality of life, Whoqol-Bref proved to be efficient for analyzing visa quality, considering that the highest scores were the psychological and social relations domains, respectively. The presence of depressive symptoms has an important impact on the subjects' quality of life. In this context, new studies can be carried out.