Leisure time physical activity and quality of life in medical students: results from a multicentre study

Background/aimWe evaluated the association between leisure time physical activity (PA) and quality of life (QoL) in medical students. Our hypothesis was that there was a positive association between volume of PA and various domains of perception of QoL.MethodsData were evaluated from a random sample...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2017, Vol.3 (1), p.e000213-e000213
Hauptverfasser: Peleias, Munique, Tempski, Patricia, Paro, Helena BMS, Perotta, Bruno, Mayer, Fernanda B, Enns, Sylvia C, Gannam, Silmar, Pereira, Maria Amelia D, Silveira, Paulo S, Santos, Itamar S, Carvalho, Celso RF, Martins, Milton A
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Zusammenfassung:Background/aimWe evaluated the association between leisure time physical activity (PA) and quality of life (QoL) in medical students. Our hypothesis was that there was a positive association between volume of PA and various domains of perception of QoL.MethodsData were evaluated from a random sample of 1350 medical students from 22 Brazilian medical schools. Information from participants included the WHO Quality of Life questionnaire-short form (WHOQOL-BREF), a questionnaire specifically designed to evaluate QoL in medical students (VERAS-Q) and questions for both global QoL self-assessment and leisure time PA. According to the amount of metabolic equivalents (METs) spend during PA, volunteers were divided into four groups, according to the volume of PA: (a) no PA; (b) low PA, ≤540 MET min/week; (c) moderate PA, from 541 to 1260 MET min/week and (d) high PA, > 1261 MET min/week.ResultsForty per cent of the medical students reported no leisure time PA (46.0% of females and 32.3% of males). In contrast, 27.2% were classified in the group of high PA (21.0% of females and 34.2% of males). We found significant associations between moderate and high levels of PA and better QoL for all measurements. For low levels of PA, this association was also significant for most QoL measurements, with the exceptions of WHOQOL physical health (p=0.08) and social relationships (p=0.26) domains.ConclusionWe observed a strong dose-effect relationship between the volume of leisure time PA and QoL in both male and female medical students.
ISSN:2055-7647
2055-7647
DOI:10.1136/bmjsem-2016-000213