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Revista Salud Uninorte
versión impresa ISSN 0120-5552versión On-line ISSN 2011-7531
Resumen
LEITON-ESPINOZA, ZOILA ESPERANZA et al. College student quality of life before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2022, vol.38, n.3, pp.675-692. Epub 26-Mar-2023. ISSN 0120-5552. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.3.614.59.
Objective:
To compare the quality of life of the university student before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Materials and methods:
Descriptive, prospective, comparative. The sample consisted of 390 students from a Peruvian public university. The Mezzich Quality of Life Index (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.870) was applied. The data was collected before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Results:
The average age of the students was 19.3 + 1.6 years, 73 % female, 98.7 % single, 90.3 % lived with the family and 87.9% did not work. 24.9 % studied human medicine, 16.7 % nursing, 11.8 % social work and the remaining 46.6 % studied other careers. When comparing the students' general quality of life and its dimensions, it was found that during the pandemic, the average scores decreased with statistically significant differences, except for Physical well-being and Social-emotional support. Likewise, there was a decrease in the quality of life in the variable's occupation, the form of coexistence, and career (p <0.05). Men obtained better quality of life scores except for the Interpersonal Functioning dimension (p <0.05).
Conclusions:
the quality of life of university students in the Covid-19 pandemic was affected in their personal life and their preparation as future professionals, facing great adaptation challenges, with women being the most affected.
Palabras clave : Quality of life; university students; Covid-19.