Quality of Life and Quality of Education among Physiotherapy Students in Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68407700:21460/24:00372552 RIV/00216208:11120/24:43926613 RIV/00216208:11130/24:10476144 RIV/00216208:11510/24:10476144 RIV/61989592:15510/24:73623755

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=8qNf4tfBrs" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=8qNf4tfBrs</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1344028" target="_blank" >10.3389/fmed.2024.1344028</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Quality of Life and Quality of Education among Physiotherapy Students in Europe

Original language description

The study of physiotherapy is challenging and can affect the students&apos; well-being and quality of life. The aim of this study was to describe and compare factors that could affect well-being among students across Europe. Methods In this descriptive cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire survey, students of bachelor&apos;s physiotherapy programs from 23 European faculties, from 8 countries, were interviewed on mental health and stress burden, sleep quality, dietary habits, and physical activity.Although 75% of students rated their quality of life positively and 47% were satisfied with their mental health, 65% showed higher levels of stress and 51% described impaired sleep quality. The minimum physical activity of 150 minutes weekly was described by 79% of students, within which 67% engaged in strengthening twice a week. Students with a higher stress load/worse psychological health also showed worse sleep quality and lower amount of physical activity, women were significantly worse off. In terms of physical activity and sleep quality, students from Finland and Kosovo achieved the best results, while students from Italy, Greece, and Portugal achieved the worst. Students from Italy indicated the greatest dissatisfaction with the organization of the study system and communication with teachers, while in Kosovo students rated the communication and study organization the highest. All students had a problem with adhering to nutritional habits. Students from Italy and Spain, with the lowest body mass indexes and weight averages, were closest to the nutrition recommendations.We demonstrated that physiotherapy students are burdened with stress, suffer from sleep disorders, and do not follow the recommendations regarding nutrition nor physical activity. There are significant differences between universities and countries in some aspects.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Medicine

ISSN

2296-858X

e-ISSN

2296-858X

Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

February

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1344028

UT code for WoS article

001183105400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85188446937