RESUMEN
O isolamento social foi utilizado como estratégia de redução da disseminação do vírus responsável pela pandemia da COVID-19, influenciando diversos aspectos da vida de toda a população mundial. Objetivo: Ao considerar a importância da qualidade de vida para vida das pessoas, o presente estudo buscou analisar a qualidade de vida de estudantes universitários de um curso de Educação Física de uma universidade pública da região sul brasileira durante a pandemia da COVID-19. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo transversal e quantitativo, desenvolvido com 166 estudantes universitários dos cursos de bacharelado e licenciatura, de ambos os sexos, e com idade média de 23,8±4,96 anos. Para a coleta de dados, que ocorreu em dezembro de 2020, utilizou-se o WHOQOL-bref em sua versão web. Os participantes receberam os links do instrumento para participação no estudo. O teste U-Mann-Whitney foi utilizado para analisar as diferenças estatísticas entre os sexos e cursos investigados. Resultados: Os maiores escores de qualidade de vida foram apresentados pelo domínio físico (71,3±13,8) e os menores pelo domínio psicológico (61,0±15,0). Não foram identificadas diferenças estatisticamente significativas (p>0,05) nos domínios de qualidade de vida entre os sexos e cursos investigados. Conclusão: Embora os estudantes tenham apresentado níveis moderados de qualidade de vida (escores próximos a 60 pontos), os índices são cerca de 10% menores que nos estudos desenvolvidos no período anterior à pandemia, o que evidencia que o período de pandemia pode ter impactado negativamente na percepção de qualidade de vida dos estudantes investigados.
Social isolation was used as a strategy to reduce the spread of the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, influencing different aspects of the life of the entire world population. Purpose: When considering the importance of quality of life for people's lives, this study sought to analyze the quality of life of university students attending a physical education course at a public university in southern Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional and quantitative study, developed with 166 university students from bachelor's and licentiate's courses, of both genders, with a mean age of 23.8±4.96 years. For data collection, which took place in December 2020, the WHOQOL-bref in its web version was used. Participants received the instrument's links to participate in the study. The U-Mann-Whitney test was used to analyze the statistical differences between the sexes and investigated courses. Results: The highest quality of life scores were presented by the physical domain (71.3±13.8) and the lowest by the psychological domain (61.0±15.0). There were no statistically significant differences (p>0.05) in the quality of life domains between genders and investigated courses.Conclusion: Although students had moderate levels of quality of life (scores close to 60 points), the rates are about 10% lower than in studies carried out in the period prior to the pandemic, which shows that the pandemic period may have negatively impacted the perception of the quality of life of the investigated students.
Social isolation was used as a strategy to reduce the spread of the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, influencing different aspects of the life of the entire world population. Purpose: When considering the importance of quality of life for people's lives, this study sought to analyze the quality of life of university students attending a physical education course at a public university in southern Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional and quantitative study, developed with 166 university students from bachelor's and licentiate's courses, of both genders, with a mean age of 23.8±4.96 years. For data collection, which took place in December 2020, the WHOQOL-bref in its web version was used. Participants received the instrument's links to participate in the study. The U-Mann-Whitney test was used to analyze the statistical differences between the sexes and investigated courses. Results: The highest quality of life scores were presented by the physical domain (71.3±13.8) and the lowest by the psychological domain (61.0±15.0). There were no statistically significant differences (p>0.05) in the quality of life domains between genders and investigated courses.Conclusion: Although students had moderate levels of quality of life (scores close to 60 points), the rates are about 10% lower than in studies carried out in the period prior to the pandemic, which shows that the pandemic period may have negatively impacted the perception of the quality of life of the investigated students.