Al-Shibani Nouf, Al-Kattan Reem
Nouf Al-Shibani, Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Reem Al-Kattan, Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(3):668-673. doi: 10.12669/pjms.35.3.213.
The objective was to use modified version of WHOQOL-BREF to assess the well-being and QOL of dental students of King Saud University based on four major domains.
The questionnaire related to the survey was distributed to all dental students (N= 782) who were enrolled from 1st year to 5th year in College of Dentistry, King Saud University in the fall of 2018. The questionnaire comprised of four domains having different set of questions i.e. Physical domain, Psychological domain, Environmental domain and Social relationship domain. Two stand-alone questions related to (Overall Quality of life and Satisfaction with health) were also part of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Cronbach's Alpha was used to assess the reliability of the WHOQOL-BREF domains. Paired t-tests were conducted to compare the means of the four domains and chi-square. Chi-square test was used to find association of demographic characteristics with four domains and two stand-alone questions.
The overall quality of life and satisfaction with health of the dental students was found to be satisfactorily favorable with environmental domain and moderately favorable with social relationship and physical health domains. Physical health domain with psychological domain was statistically significant (p-value <0.001) whereas physical health domain with social relationship and environmental domain was also found to be statistically significant (p-value <0.001). Respondents, who highly rated their overall quality of life and satisfaction with health, had higher domain scores.
In the present study, overall quality of life and satisfaction with health of dental students in King Saud University was found to be satisfactorily favorable.
使用世界卫生组织生活质量简表(WHOQOL - BREF)的修订版,基于四个主要领域评估沙特国王大学牙科专业学生的幸福感和生活质量。
与该调查相关的问卷被分发给了沙特国王大学牙科学院2018年秋季入学的所有牙科专业学生(N = 782),这些学生涵盖从一年级到五年级。问卷由四个领域组成,每个领域有不同的问题集,即身体领域、心理领域、环境领域和社会关系领域。与(总体生活质量和对健康的满意度)相关的两个独立问题也是WHOQOL - BREF问卷的一部分。使用克朗巴哈系数(Cronbach's Alpha)来评估WHOQOL - BREF各领域的信度。进行配对t检验以比较四个领域的均值和卡方检验。卡方检验用于找出人口统计学特征与四个领域及两个独立问题之间的关联。
发现牙科专业学生的总体生活质量和对健康的满意度在环境领域令人满意,在社会关系和身体健康领域中等。身体健康领域与心理领域在统计学上具有显著差异(p值<0.001),而身体健康领域与社会关系和环境领域在统计学上也具有显著差异(p值<0.001)。对总体生活质量和对健康的满意度给予高分的受访者,其领域得分更高。
在本研究中,发现沙特国王大学牙科专业学生的总体生活质量和对健康的满意度令人满意。