NURSING STUDENT`S QUALITY OF LIFE RELATED TO HEALTH

Kvaliteta života je termin kojeg upotrebljavamo u različitim strukama i za svaku ima svoje značenje. Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija 1999. godine daje definiciju gdje opisuje kvalitetu života kao nešto što svaka osoba može ocijeniti za sebe, a bazira se na vlastitom gledištu sebe sa kulturološkog, društvenog i okolišnog stajališta. Za studente kvaliteta života znači da sami za sebe mogu reći da su u fizičkom, emotivnom, socijalnom i materijalnom blagostanju, svakodnevno se osobno razvijaju, te su općenito zadovoljni svim aspektima studiranja, rada i života. Istraživanje je provedeno na 76 ispitanika, redovnim i izvanrednim studentima na Sveučilištu u Rijeci, na Fakultetu zdravstvenih studija. Istraživanje je provedeno nad studentima 3.godine preddiplomskog stručnog studija Sestrinstva. Anketa kreirana u aplikaciji Google Forms poslana je predstavnicima godina putem aplikacije Microsoft Outlook. Kreirana anketa sadržava prvi dio u kojem se nalaze 4 socio – demografska pitanja, i drugi dio koji se sastoji od kratkog upitnika za procjenu zdravljem uvjetovane kvalitete života SF-36. Rezultati ovog istraživanja pokazuju da redovni studenti izvještavaju o boljem fizičkom funkcioniranju, od izvanrednih studenata, dok izvanredni studenti općenito izvještavaju o boljem psihičkom zdravlju. U ostalim ispitanim domenama kvalitete života nije uočena statistički značajna razlika. Evaluiranje kvalitete života studenata općenito kao i kvalitete života uvjetovane zdravljem je od iznimne važnosti s obzirom da studentska populacija predstavljaju temelj za budućih profesionalca i dijela šire akademske zajednice. Potrebne su studije na većem uzorku ispitanika kako bi se pratilo stanje kvalitete života studentske populacije.Quality of life is a term that we use in different professions and has its own meaning for each. In 1999, the World Health Organization gave a definition where it describes the quality of life as something that each person can evaluate for himself, and it is based on his own view of himself from a cultural, social and environmental point of view. For students, quality of life means that they can say for themselves that they are in physical, emotional, social and material well-being, that they develop personally every day, and that they are generally satisfied with all aspects of studying, work and life. The research was conducted on 76 respondents, full and part-time students at the University of Rijeka, at the Faculty of Health Studies. The research was conducted on students of the 3rd year of the undergraduate professional study of Nursing. A survey created in the Google Forms application was sent to year representatives via the Microsoft Outlook application. The created survey contains the first part, which contains 4 socio-demographic questions, and the second part, which consists of a short questionnaire for assessing the health-related quality of life SF-36. The results of this research show that full-time students report better physical functioning than part-time students, while part-time students generally report better mental health. No statistically significant difference was observed in the other tested domains of quality of life. Evaluating the quality of life of students in general as well as the quality of life conditioned by health is of exceptional importance considering that the student population represents the foundation for future professionals and part of the wider academic community