Qualidade de vida e estresse no estudante de medicina: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The medical student is subjected to various types of stress during his / her formation, and may change his quality of life. This study aimed to outline the characterization of the scientific production that contemplates the theme of quality of life and stress in the medical student from 2008 to 2018. METHOD: A systematic review of the literature was performed through the electronic search in two databases: MEDLINE and LILACS. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: We found 154 articles from the search with the established descriptors, after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the final sample consisted of 13 articles. The most published journals on the subject were the Journal Medical Teacher and the Brazilian Journal of Medical Education published 3 articles each, a total of 23.15%. Four studies were published in journals with Qualis interdisciplinary classification B1, (30.76%). CONCLUSION: Medical students present poor quality of life scores and are subjected to high levels of stress, more than other university students and / or general population. Excessive workload, full-time course and boarding hours are the factors that contribute most to this data.