ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025
Do Medical Students Suffer from Chronic Diseases? A Secondary Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Medical School in Portugal.
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- Association between chronic health problems and quality of life in medical students. Results of the POLLEK cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The relationship between overweight or obesity, elevated blood pressure and the overall quality of life in medical students, Poland.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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objectivesThere is still debate about students' health in medical schools. The aim of this study was to assess the proportion of chronic diseases among medical students and analyze their predictors.
methodsWe performed a secondary cross-sectional analysis using a database from a single Portuguese university. The sociodemographic/clinical variables of 309 medical students were included. Logistic regression was performed to ascertain the effects of sex, age, medical course year, financial situation, and family history of chronic diseases on the likelihood of medical students having chronic disease.
resultsMedian age (Q1, Q3) was 21 (17, 43) years, with females comprising 79.9% of the sample. The distribution of students by school year was similar. The majority (65.7%) reported having sufficient money. Twenty-three percent suffered from chronic disease, and around forty percent had parents or siblings with chronic disease. In the regression model, only a family history of chronic disease was associated with a personal history of chronic disease. Medical students with parents or siblings who have a chronic disease are 3.3 times more likely to have a chronic disease themselves.
conclusionsFuture interventions targeting the medical student population will be needed in Portugal to reduce the prevalence and burden of chronic diseases, particularly among those with a positive family history.
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