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Theme: Undergraduate Research / Curricular Environments
Title
Association between the quality of life of medical students and their demographics under current civil war in Yemen
| Authors: |
Hussein A. Alaidroos Mohammed O. Al-Ghurabi Mohammed A. Al-Gunaid Abdulrahman A. Ba-Abbad Ahmed A. Bawazir Fareeha K. Abdulwali Adam S. Obad Mohammed A. Shareef |
Institutions: | Alfaisal University |
Background
- Several social, political and economic factors may alter the quality of life of medical students.
- The factors that influence the quality of medical students in Hadramout was not assess previously.
Summary of Work
- An Arabic version of the WHOQOL- BREF questionnaire was validated in a previous study.
- Demographics data about the following aspects were collected: marital status, health status, housing type, relation with parents, and living area.
- Similarly, data about basic life supplies of water, electricity, and healthy sewage treatment were gathered.
- Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis test, and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient were used to determine the difference between groups and association, respectively.
Summary of Results
- A total of 416 responses were included in the analysis.
| Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender(n=416) | |
| Male | 235 (56.5%) |
| Female | 181 (43.5%) |
| Academic year (n=352) | |
| Year 1 | 62 (15.9%) |
| Year 2 | 79 (19%) |
| Year 3 | 77 (18.5%) |
| Year 4 | 68 (16.3%) |
| Year 5 | 53 (12.7%) |
| Year 6 | 13 (3.1%) |
| Marital Status (n=416) | |
| Single | 380 (91.3%) |
|
Married |
31 (7.5%) |
| Divorced | 5 (1.2%) |
| Health Status (n=407) | |
| Currently ill | 44 (10.8%) |
| Currently not ill | 363 (89.2%) |
| Housing (n=398) | |
| With family owned house | 193 (48.5%) |
| With family rental house | 58 (14.6%) |
| With friends in an apartment | 58 (14.6%) |
| Student dorms | 89 (22.4%) |
| Living Area (n=415) | |
| Countryside | 76 (18.3%) |
| Town | 339 (81.7%) |
The overall scores of physical health, psychological health, social relationships and environment domains were 13.51, 14.287, 14.65 and 12.31 respectively.
| Domain |
Gender (MW) |
Marital Status (KW) |
Living Place (MW) |
Health Status (MW) |
Housing (KW) |
Academic Year (KW) |
Loss of someone close (MW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Health |
M > F p=0.013 |
Not ill >ill p=0.009 |
3rd yr > 1st yr, 2nd yr, 5th yr p=0.004, 0.0019, p=0.008 |
Did not lose someone close > lost someone close p=0.047 |
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| Psychological Health |
M> F p=<0.000 |
Not ill >ill p=0.006 |
Did not lose someone close > lost someone close P=0.04 |
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| Social Relationships | |||||||
| Environment | Single and Married students > Divorced students (p=0.010, 0.007) |
Town> Countryside p=<0.000 |
With family > student dorms p=<0.001 |
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| Overall Scores |
Town> Countryside p=0.011 |
|
With family > student dorms p=0.008 |
MW: Mann Whitney Test
KW: Kruskal Wallis Test
Conclusion
- Social and economic factors that were exacerbated by the current war in Yemen have significantly contributed to low quality of life among Yemeni medical students. Prompt, yet strategic steps should be taken by the national and international organizations to rescue the academic and social life of medical students’ in Yemen by providing basic academic and social life support for students.
Acknowledgement
College of Medicine, Hadramout University, Mukalla, Yemen
Muhammad Salah Al-Qu'aiti
Abdullah Salem Bahadi
Ashraf Fahed Basalelah