Qualidade de vida em universitários viajantes do interior do Ceará

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the Quality of Life (QoL) of traveling university students in the interior of Ceará, considering the variables semester, labor status and travel time. For this purpose, we counted on the participation of 98 Psychology students from the city of Sobral-CE, with a mean age of 23.9 years (SD = 6.2, ranging from 18 to 47 years), the majority female (82.7%) and of catholic religion (77.6%). For data collection, the WHOQOL-Bref and a socio-biodemographic questionnaire were used. The analyzes were performed using SPSS 21 software. In addition to the descriptive statistics (dispersion measures and central tendency), the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, the Mann-Whitney U-Test and the Spearman Correlation were performed. The results indicated that the quality of life of the students studied was impaired, and some of the variables involved in quality of life differed according to the semester and the work situation. However, no relationship was observed between the variables and the travel time. Finally, it is hoped that the results found, even if exploratory, may contribute to the knowledge about the quality of life among university students, especially those who need to travel to have access to college education.