Ansiedad y calidad de vida en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

Currently, university adolescents are at risk of developing anxiety because of the various demands they experience in the academic environment, which affects their physical, emotional, and social well-being. For this reason, the objective of the study was to determine the relationship between anxiety and quality of life in university students, through a non-experimental quantitative design, descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional in a sample of 264 participants, 66 (25%) men and 198 (75%) women chosen through inclusion criteria and non-probabilistic purposive sampling. The Hamilton Anxiety Scale and the WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Scale were applied. The results showed that with 99% confidence there is a slight inverse correlation between anxiety and quality of life (Rho=-0.56, p<0.001), also found prevalence of mild anxiety symptomatology with 43.6%, severe with 28.4%, moderate with 21.2% and absence with 6.8%. As for the quality of life 79.2% of the population presented a medium level, 15.5% low level and 5.3% general level. There were no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the urban (M=18.1) and rural (M=18.7) sectors. Through the data obtained, it was found that the higher the levels of anxiety, the lower the quality of life of the students.