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. 2019 Jan-Feb;35(1):266-270.
doi: 10.12669/pjms.35.1.147.

Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and its correlation with academic performance of medical students

Shahid Sarwar  1 , Abdul Aleem  2 , Muhammad Arif Nadeem  3
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Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and its correlation with academic performance of medical students

Shahid Sarwar et al. Pak J Med Sci. 2019 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Objective: To determine health related quality of life (HRQOL) of medical students and its correlation with their academic performance.

Methods: Cross sectional study at Services Institute of Medical Sciences, included students of 4th and final year MBBS, who filled SF-36 proforma of HRQOL. Scores of 8-domains and of physical component and mental component summary were determined. Marks in all professional examinations were used to stratify students as high performers (≥ 70% marks) and average performing students (< 70%). HRQOL scores was correlated with academic performance using unpaired student's t-test.

Results: Among 267 students included, mental health score (56.2±21.3) was lower than physical health component score (69.03±18.5). Role limitation due to emotional health (RE) (44.81), Vitality (VT) (54.19) and general health perception (GH) (58.89) had lower scores among 8-domains of questionnaire. Female students had significantly lower scores in role limitation due to emotional problems (p value <0.04), vitality (<0.05), bodily pain (p value <0.05) and general health perception (p value<0.03) than male students. Physical health and role limitation due to physical health domains were better in high performing students.

Conclusion: Mental health of medical students is suboptimal, especially among female students. Students with better physical health have better academic performance.

Keywords: Academic performance; Health related quality of life; Mental health; Physical health.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: None to declare.

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