Determinantes de Calidad de Vida de estudiantes de Endodoncia Universidad Santo Tomás sede Bogotá

Abstract

This research was based on quantitative and qualitative paradigms, framed within a positivist perspective, with a descriptive approach focused on the concept of quality of life in graduate students. To this end, the WHOQOL-BREF instrument was used to determine the perceptions of students in the Endodontics program at the Universidad Santo Tomás – Bogotá campus regarding their quality of life, as well as to identify the perceived determining factors that could influence it. A mixed-method study with an explanatory sequential design was conducted. In the first phase, a cross-sectional survey was administered to a sample of 42 students (61% women), followed by six semi-structured interviews (SEs) to complement and interpret the quantitative results. In the initial phase, descriptive statistics were calculated to characterize the collected data. The findings led to the conclusion that the quality of life of resident students in the Endodontics program at the Universidad Santo Tomás – Bogotá Extension is influenced by multiple personal, social, academic, economic, and emotional factors.