Risk factors that lead medical students to develop bad lifestyle habits/Fatores de risco que levam estudantes de medicina a desenvolver maus habitos de vida

Medical students are subjected to a stressful routine, associated with unhealthy habits such as skipping meals, restricting food intake or binge eating, and even drug addiction. These are some of the risk factors that have aggravated the appearance of noncommunicable chronic diseases (NCCDs). Theref...

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Published inRevista de medicina (São Paulo, Brazil) Vol. 103; no. 2
Main Authors Oliveira, Emily Carolina Assis, Bastos, Carla Santos, Kanuf, Vinicius Salermo, de Oliveira Carmo Borges, Gustavo Henrique, Gomes, Anna Carollina Barbosa, da Silva, Joao Marcos Luiz, Arruda, Jalsi Tacon
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published Universidade de Sao Paulo. Departamento Cientifico da Faculdade de Medicina 01.03.2024
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Summary:Medical students are subjected to a stressful routine, associated with unhealthy habits such as skipping meals, restricting food intake or binge eating, and even drug addiction. These are some of the risk factors that have aggravated the appearance of noncommunicable chronic diseases (NCCDs). Therefore, this study evaluated the risk factors that lead medical students to develop bad lifestyle habits that will be incorporated into their daily lives. This is an integrative review based on original studies obtained from PubMed and the Virtual Health Library. The analyzed studies corroborate the implementation of actions in medical schools capable of offering specific training in stress management, healthy nutrition, and physical activities for the prevention of NCCDs. The need to create prevention strategies is considered, which aim to reduce exposure to the main risk factors related to lifestyle that develop at the beginning of university life and can be perpetuated over the years. These university students will be the future health professionals and are more likely to understand the relationship between healthy lifestyles and NCCDs, improving their skills to act in the doctor-patient relationship, and having confidence in their ability to advise patients on positive behavioral changes. KEY WORDS: Non-communicable chronic diseases; Healthy lifestyle; Graduation in Medicine. Os estudantes de medicina sao submetidos a uma rotina estressante, associada a habitos nao saudaveis como pular refeicoes, restringir a ingestao ou compulsao alimentar, e ate o vicio em entorpecentes. Esses sao alguns dos fatores de risco que tem agravado o aparecimento de doencas cronicas nao transmissiveis (DCNT). Portanto, este estudo avaliou os fatores de risco que levam os estudantes de medicina a desenvolverem maus habitos de vida que serao incorporados ao dia a dia. Trata-se de uma revisao integrativa realizada a partir de estudos originais obtidos no PubMed e Biblioteca Virtual de Saude. Os estudos analisados corroboram com a implementacao de acoes nas escolas medicas capazes de oferecer um treinamento especifico em gerenciamento de estresse, nutricao saudavel e atividades fisicas para a prevencao de DCNT. Considera-se a necessidade de criar estrategias de prevencao, as quais tenham objetivo na diminuicao da exposicao aos principais fatores de risco relacionados ao estilo de vida que se desenvolvem no inicio da vida universitaria e podem ser perpetuados ao longo dos anos. Esses universitarios serao os futuros profissionais de saude e estao mais propensos a compreender a relacao entre os estilos de vida saudavel e DCNT, aprimorando suas habilidades para atuar na relacao medico-paciente, e ter confianca em sua capacidade de aconselhar pacientes sobre mudancas comportamentais positivas. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Doencas cronicas nao transmissiveis; Estilo de vida saudavel; Graduacao em Medicina.
ISSN:0034-8554
DOI:10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v1Q3i2e-214522