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- QUALITY OF LIFE OF STUDENTS IN POLYTECHNIC HIGHER EDUCATION AT THE SANTAREM AND LEIRIA: THE IMPACT OF COVID 19Publication . Figueiredo, Maria do Carmo; Amendoeira, José; Rosa, Marta; Matos, Rui; Silva, Mário Ribeiro da; Gonzaga, LuisAbstract: Background: The epidemic of COVID-19 caused by the Coronavirus -SARS-CoV-2, was declared by the World Health Organization an International Public Health Emergency. The 2019-2020 coronavirus pandemic has affected educational systems worldwide, leading to the closure of educational institutions. This situation kept students socially distant, with little adaptation time, interfering with their quality of life. Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of life of higher education students in the face of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: 775 students were selected by convenience sampling. Study with a quantitative, descriptive, correlational approach. The WHOQOL-bref instrument adapted from WHO was applied. Data analysis was undertaken using the IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 27.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp. Results: Students' self-assessment about Quality of Life is globally superior to the self-assessment with their satisfaction with health, where the female students have lower average values than the male students. The WHOQOL-bref domains referring to Quality of Life with higher values were the Physical and the Environment ones, with the Social Relations and Psychological domains having the lowest values. Conclusion: The development of this study made it possible to achieve the objective set. The domain of social relations has low average values, with students from IPSantarem standing out, with lower self-assessment of QoL in this domain, compared to those from IPLeiria. In the psychological domain, the low average values in both institutes stand out, especially in IPLeiria, where the average is less than 50%, in both genders.
- IMPACT OF COVID 19 LOCKDOWN IN PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING AMONG STUDENTS IN POLYTECHNIC OF SANTAREM AND LEIRIAPublication . Figueiredo, Maria do Carmo; Gonzaga, Luis; Silva, Mário Ribeiro da; Rosa, Marta; Matos, Rui; Amendoeira, JoséAbstract Background: The social restraints during the COVID-19 mandatory lockdown led young and undergraduate adults to live remarkable changes in their daily lives, challenging the feeling of loneliness and their own perception of social isolation. This study aimed to assess and compare the levels of psychological well-being among students from both Santarém and Leiria Polytechnic Institutes. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional correlational study was performed in the period immediately after the first lockdown. Participants were 775 students (females = 73.5%), aged between 17 and 55 years. All of them completed measures of the Psychological Well-Being Manifestation Scale (PWBMS; or EMMBEP, in the Portuguese version, by Monteiro, Tavares e Pereira, 2012) measuring six dimensions, components of the eudaimonic model of well-being. Collected data were analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows software, Version 27.0. Results: The results obtained revealed differences in quality in the scores of the six measured dimensions. If subjective experiences on Mental Balance and Sociability are the best indicators of well-being, the perception of the lack of Social Involvement and low Happiness appears to be limitative factors to the perceived well-being. We also found significant differences in terms of polytechnic institute attended, gender, age categories, and marital status. Conclusion: The obtained results provide the basis to design and develop a targeted intervention main program focused on the empowerment of higher education students. Build a literacy program with health education strategies, starting from their own perceptions and responses to the experienced situations, allows their easy engagement in the promotion of psychological well-being.