From permanence to quality of life: sexual orientation and identity of gender of students in a higher education institution in the brazilian northeast
Da permanência à qualidade de vida: orientação sexual e identidade de gênero de estudantes de uma instituição de ensino superior do nordeste brasileiro
Biosci. j. (Online); 36 (3), 2020
Publication year: 2020
To get to know the quality of life of LGBT students of a Federal University in the Northeast of the country. An analytical, comparative, exploratory, cross - sectional, quantitative, non - probabilistic study with a population composed of undergraduate students from a Health Sciences Campus of the Federal University oh the Northeast Brazilian. Students in the nursing; pharmacy; physiotherapy; speech; language and hearing sciences; medicine; nutrition; dentistry and occupational therapy courses were part of the research.
Among the inclusion criteria were:
LGBT people, over 18 years of age, students with regular enrollment and who accepted to participate in the study by signing the Free and Informed Consent Term. Participants provided sociodemographic and quality of life information through the WHOQOL-BREF instrument. The WHOQOL-BREF examines four domains related to quality of life (physical, psychological, personal relationships and the environment. The responses followed the Likert scale (from 1 to 5, and the higher the score, the better the quality of life). 65 students with a mean age of 21.7 years old (± 3.4) participated in the study, of which, 22 (33.8%) were female and 43 (66.2%) were male. The means of responses and standard deviation in the physical, psychological, social and environmental domains were, respectively, 2.6 ± 0.6; 2.8 ± 0.7; 2.7 ± 0.7; 2.8 ± 0.6. This study aims to provide support for public policies aimed at the LGBT population, reaching the various spheres of our society, ensuring not only access, but also the permanence of this population group in different spaces, especially in the University, in a dignified, safe and healthy way.
Conhecer a qualidade de vida de estudantes LGBTs de uma Universidade Federal do Nordeste do País. Estudo analítico, comparativo, exploratório, transversal, com abordagem quantitativa, de amostra não probabilística com uma população composta por discentes de graduação de um Campus de Ciências da Saúde de uma Universidade Federal do Nordeste brasileiro. Fizeram parte da pesquisa discentes dos cursos de enfermagem, farmácia, fisioterapia, fonoaudiologia, medicina, nutrição, odontologia e terapia ocupacional.