title: [Quality of life and its determinants in Spanish university students of health sciences factors].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The quality of life of university students acquires special importance because it provides information about their life conditions and especially how they perceive it.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Evaluate the quality of life of students who are enrolled in health science studies and its relation with the following diverse factors: life and dietetic habits, anthropometric parameters and the influence of distinct variables on their perception.
  
  
  METHODS
  Transversal study of a sample of 1753 health science degree students of nine Spanish universities with a randomized design and stratified by course and faculty for which we applied an ad hoc questionnaire that considered all study variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The quality of life (QoL) perceived by the participants had a Median of 75. The factors that were explored about the quality of life correlated significantly with their global perception of it (p.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. Universidad Miguel Hernández.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Carmina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wanden-Berghe
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Salamanca.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martín-Rodero
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Cádiz.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Martín
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Cádiz.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Jose Pedro
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Novalbos-Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Granada.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez de Victoria
authors.affiliation: Universidad Miguel Hernández. Universidad de Alicante.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanz-Valero
authors.affiliation: CEU San Pablo, Madrid.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Ángela
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: García González
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Vic.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vila
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Vigo.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Maria Victoria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.affiliation: Universidad de las Islas Baleares.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Josep Antoni
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tur Marí
authors.affiliation: Universidad de León.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marquez
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Sevilla. España.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: Pedro Pablo
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: García Luna
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Sevilla. España.. redactor13@nutricionhospitalaria.com.
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Irles
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult