Factors associated with health-related quality of life among university students
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INTRODUCTION: University students are subjected to different kinds of stressors, i.e.academic pressures, social issues and financial problems. This can affect their academic achievements and quality of life. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the health-related quality of life of university students, and how it is affected by the presence of chronic diseases, mental disorders comorbidity, and patterns of medical services' use. METHODS: This web-based study included a sample of 1,410 Slovenian university students. We used a self-administered questionnaire, containing a sheet with demographic data, Zung's self-assessment inventories about anxiety and depression, and EQ-5D questionnaire. The main outcome measures were scores on EQ-5D part and VAS part of the EQ-5D questionnaire. RESULTS: Independent factors associated with the health-related quality of life of university students, were the presence of chronic pain, the presence of depression and anxiety, need for urgent medical help and at least one visit to a clinical specialist in the past year. The independent factors associated with the health status of university students were the presence of chronic diseases, chronic pain, depression and anxiety, a visit to a clinical specialist, a need for urgent medical help and a visit to an emergency unit in the past year. CONCLUSION: Health-related quality of life of university students can be seriously affected by the presence of mental disorders and chronic pain. Appropriate health-related measures should be adopted to achieve early recognition of worse health-related quality of life, the presence of mental disorders and other chronic conditions, and to enable their effective treatment.
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The amount and type of disability associated with mental disorders among university students has been assessed only in a few, single country studies.
“Nevertheless, the amount and type of disability associated with mental disorders among university students has been assessed only in a few, single country studies (Klemenc-Ketis, Kersnik, Eder, & Colaric, 2011; Verger et al., 2010).”
From Severe role impairment associated with mental disorders: Results of the WHO World Mental Health Surveys International College Student Project (2018) · cites this paper as Klemenc-Ketis et al., 2011
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- Kashani JH, Carlson GA, Beck NC, Hoeper EW, Corcoran CM, doi: 10.2298/SARH1104197K Klemenc-Ketis Z. et al. Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life among University Students · DOI
- Authors
- Klemenc-Ketis, Z., Kersnik, J., Eder, K., & Colaric, D.
- Affiliations
- Odeljenje za porodičnu medicinu, Medicinski fakultet, Univerzitet u Mariboru, Maribor, Slovenija + Odeljenje za porodičnu medicinu, Medicinski fakultet, Univerzitet u Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenija
- University of Ljubljana (SI)
- University of Maribor (SI)
- Venue
- Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
- Publisher
- National Library of Serbia
- Published
- 2011
- Volume
- 139
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 197-202
- ISSN
- 0370-8179 (ISSN-L)
- 2406-0895
- OpenAlex
- W2123012819
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- University of Maribor digital library (University of Maribor) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Keywords
- health-related quality of life, university students, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, chronic disease, health care utilization, emergency department visits, academic stress
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Chronic Disease, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Quality of Life, Students, Universities, Slovenia, Young Adult
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