Quality of life of health professionals in multidisciplinary residency programs

• Autor(a) principal: Zanei, Suely Sueko Viski
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Raquel Araujo, Whitaker, Iveth Yamaguchi
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/30013
• topic: Quality of life; Students; health occupations; Health occupations; Professional training; Calidad de vida; Estudiantes del área de la salud; Empleos en salud; Capacitación profesional; Qualidade de vida; Residencia hospitalar; Especialização

Objective: characterize the professionals in Multidisciplinary Residency programs according to sociodemographic, educational, and daily living activity data, such as sleep and eating habits, and assess their quality of life (QoL). Method: descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted at a public university in early 2014. The tool used to assess quality of life was the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), applied via an electronic platform. Results: the tool’s reliability ranged from 0.63 to 0.79. Forty-nine percent of enrolled residents participated: mostly women, 25 years old, single and from São Paulo. The residents sleep an average of six hours per night and reported eating relatively healthily. The QoL score in the Physical health domain was 55.96; Psychological 56.96; Social relationships 62.76, and Environment 49.65. Conclusion: The WHOQOL-BREF's assessment indicated that the QoL of the residents is impaired in most of the domains.