Quality of life and mental health of university students: integrative review
International Journal of Development Research
Quality of life and mental health of university students: integrative review
Received 03rd June, 2019; Received in revised form 20th July, 2019; Accepted 08th August, 2019; Published online 30th September, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Lycélia da Silva Oliveira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Aim: To analyze the scientific production related to the quality of life and mental health of university students. Methods: This is an integrative review, focusing on the LILACS, SciELO, Index Psychology and BDENF databases, with the association of the descriptors mental health, quality of life, students and university students. In the sample, papers written in full, in Portuguese, were included in the period from 2012 to 2018. Results: Of the 180 articles identified, only twenty-two referred to the theme, all articles presented a quantitative approach and they made use of evaluation tools, the most cited tool was Whoqol-Bref. Conclusion: it was verified the presence of stress and low quality of life indicators in different grades, highlighting publications referring to the nursing course. In view of the findings, it is recommended that the theme should still be studied, beyond to the development of measures that promote health in the university.
