Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Quality of Life of Students from Public and Private Universities

Michelle Firmino Guimaraes; Marilia Martins Vizzotto; Hilda Rosa Capelao Avoglia; Eliane Aparecida Faria Paiva

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Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Quality of Life of Students from Public and Private Universities

Michelle Firmino Guimaraes, Marilia Martins Vizzotto, Hilda Rosa Capelao Avoglia, Eliane Aparecida Faria Paiva

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Introduction: Variables such as depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life offer indications of health and illness of young students in the professional training phase, since they represent four of the ten main causes of disability in the world. General Objective: To evaluate and correlate the presence of signs and symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life of university students from two institutions, one public and one private; Objectives: a) To characterize the sociodemographic profile; b) Assess symptoms of depression, signs of anxiety and stress and overall quality of life; c) correlate the variables quality of life, signs and symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress. Method: Quantitative research. For data collection, the following instruments were used: socioeconomic and cultural data questionnaire; WHOQOL Brief and EADS - Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale Data were statistically evaluated with the aid of the SPSS Program - version 2.0 for Windows. Results: The study included 570 University Students, 344 students from the Private Institution and 226 from the Public Institution, female and male, between 16 and 55 years old. The results revealed that there was no significant difference in quality of life in the Psychological and Social domains of both institutions. The most affected domains, that is, the one in which university students find the most harm is with the Physical and Environmental domain of both institutions. Conclusion: Therefore, it is observed that the students obtained a mild degree of stress, depression and anxiety in both institutions. By correlating the domains of quality of life and the variables: anxiety, depression and stress, it was observed that the higher the depression, the lower the quality of life in the psychological and environmental domains. From the results, further studies are suggested.

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DOI	10.11648/j.ijpbs.20230801.11
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Quality of Life, Anxiety, Depression, Stress

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Michelle Firmino Guimaraes, Marilia Martins Vizzotto, Hilda Rosa Capelao Avoglia, Eliane Aparecida Faria Paiva. Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Quality of Life of Students from Public and Private Universities. Int J Psychol Brain Sci. 2023;8(1):1-9. doi: 10.11648/j.ijpbs.20230801.11

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Michelle Firmino Guimaraes

Graduate Department, Methodist University of S?o Paulo, S?o Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Marilia Martins Vizzotto

Graduate Department, Methodist University of S?o Paulo, S?o Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Hilda Rosa Capelao Avoglia

Graduate Department, Methodist University of S?o Paulo, S?o Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Eliane Aparecida Faria Paiva

Graduate Department, Methodist University of S?o Paulo, S?o Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

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AU  - Hilda Rosa Capelao Avoglia
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