Özet:

In the faculty of medicine, which is a stressful and challenging learning process, the stress levels of men and girls and the ways to cope with are different. Smoking is seen as a solution in dealing with stress, and has a negative impact on the quality of life due to the morbidity it causes. Students who are studying at the Faculty of Medicine were aimed at assessing gender-based smoking, detected stress and quality of life. The study is a cutting-edge type research conducted in January-March 2019. The subject and purpose of the study was explained after the oral approvals were distributed to the students pre-prepared survey forms. The survey form consists of questions about the socio-demographic characteristics of students, the Detected Stress Scale (ASO) and the European Health Effect Scale-8 (EUROHISQOL -8). The data was evaluated in the SPSS (V15.0) statistical package program. In the analysis of the data were used kicar, Mann Whitney U and student t tests. The statistical significance value p ≤ 0.05 was taken. Results: 494 (49.3%) of the 1002 students who make up the working group are men. The smoking rate was 28.3 percent (284 percent), 33.6 percent (166 percent) in men and 23.2 percent (118 percent) in girls, and the smoking rate was higher in men. The class that was studied in men, the family income status, the mother and father’s educational status, and the frequency of smoking were not determined; the average age of smokers was higher than those who didn’t drink. There is no difference in the frequency of smoking according to the classroom and the mother’s educational status in the girls; the family’s income status is better and the father’s educational status is higher in the high school and above. The average age of girls who smoked was higher than those who didn’t drink. There was no difference between the two sexes between the smokers and the non-smokers. There was no difference between the girls who smoked and the girls who didn’t drink from EUROHISQOL-8 and the men who smoked were lower in scale. In the study group, there was a negative relationship between the points obtained from ASÖ and EUROHISQOL-8. The rate of smoking is higher in men. The social health-related role model in the medical faculty students are required to fight smoking programs.

Özet:

The stress levels and ways of coping between genders vary in the medical school which has a stressful and compelling learning process. Smoking is seen as a solution for coping with stress, while it negatively affects quality of life due to morbidity. The aim of this study was to evaluate smoking, perceived stress and quality of life by gender among medical students. The study is a cross-sectional study conducted in January-March 2019. After explaining the subject and purpose of the study, the questionnaires were distributed to the students who have given verbal consent. The questionnaire consists of questions about the sociodemographic characteristics of the students, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the European Health Impact Scale-8 (EUROHISQOL -8). The data were evaluated in SPSS (V15.0) statistical package program. Analysis of data performed by using Chi-square, Mann Whitney U and student t tests and p≤0.05 was considered significant. The study group consisted of 494 (49.3%) male,508 (%50.7) female medical students. The prevalence of smoking was 28.3% (284) in the study group, 33.6% (166) in males and 23.2% in females (118). The prevalence of smoking was higher in males. While no difference was found between males in terms of class, family income status, education levels of their mothers and fathers; the mean age of smokers was found higher than non-smokers. While there was no significant difference in smoking prevalence in terms of the girls class and education level of their mothers, the prevalence of smoking was higher in girls with high income status and whose fathers with high school and above degree. The mean age of female smokers was higher than non-smokers. No difference was found between the smokers and nonsmokers in terms of total PSS score. While there was no difference between the female smokers and nonsmokers in terms of the scores obtained from EUROHIS QOL-8, the scores of smoker males were lower. In the study group, there was a negative correlation between PSS and EUROHIS QOL-8 scores. The prevalence of smoking was higher in males. There is a need for anti-smoking programs for medical school students who will be role models for the health of society.

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