The quality and lifestyle of Universitaries: An integrative Literature Review
International Journal of Development Research
The quality and lifestyle of Universitaries: An integrative Literature Review
Received 19th May 2020; Received in revised form 24th June 2020; Accepted 08th July 2020; Published online 26th August 2020
Copyright © 2020, Carolina M. Barcellos 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.
Students entering academic life experience significant changes and alterations due to increased responsibilities, autonomy and extensive studying hours, which interfere with their quality and lifestyle. Therefore, the aim of our study was to conduct an integrative literature review and to assess the quality and lifestyle of college students. 270 articles were found in the PubMed database over the past ten years in full text, written in Portuguese, Spanish and English. 150 articles were excluded according to the pre-established criteria. The final sample consisted of 16 articles. Students showed significant changes in their quality and lifestyle, indicating more stress, depressive symptoms and poor sleep quality and physical inactivity as a factor in reducing quality of life. It is concluded that college students with poor sleep quality, physical inactivity and chemical consumption have a high incidence of developing depressive symptoms. Therefore, it is essential that the university promotes student guidance on the importance of physical activity, proper nutrition and free time to improve their quality and lifestyle.
