Quality of life and eating attitudes of health care students

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the quality of life and eating attitudes of health care students of the undergraduate programs of a public university. Method: Observational, cross-sectional, and quantitative study performed in a federal university. Three questionnaires were used for data collection: a socio-demographic and academic, the WHOQOL-BREF and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). Result: 399 students participated in this study, most women, average age of 22 years, average scores of EAT-26 of 15.12 and quality-of-life averages above 60 points in all domains. The students of the undergraduate program in Nutrition presented more inappropriate eating attitudes than other health care students; as the age evolves, vulnerability to inadequate eating attitudes increases; and the family income influenced negatively the quality of life in Physical and Social domains. Conclusions: Inadequate eating attitude diminishes the quality of life of health care students in all domains of the WHOOQOL-BREF.

摘要
目的：评估某公立大学本科医疗相关专业学生的生活质量与进食态度。
方法：本研究为在某联邦大学开展的观察性、横断面定量研究，采用三份问卷开展数据采集：社会人口学与学业情况问卷、世界卫生组织生活质量测定简表（WHOQOL-BREF）以及进食态度测试量表（EAT-26）。
结果：本研究共纳入399名学生，其中女性占多数，平均年龄为22岁；进食态度测试量表（EAT-26）平均得分为15.12，各维度生活质量平均分均高于60分。营养学本科专业学生的不当进食态度发生率高于其他医疗相关专业学生；随着年龄增长，不当进食态度的易感性逐渐升高；家庭收入对躯体领域与社会领域的生活质量存在负面影响。
结论：不当进食态度会降低医疗相关专业学生在世界卫生组织生活质量测定简表（WHOQOL-BREF）各维度上的生活质量。