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3 . 2021

ADHERENCE TO INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND SELF-ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

This paper presents relationship between network activity and self-assessment of health among medical students. As a result of the study, it was found that medical students in the initial period of study experience serious problems with adaptation to the educational space of the university, which is resulting in a low selfassessment of their physical and mental status, however, health-related quality of life statistically significantly increased closer to graduation. When dealing with interactive services, students are most committed to traditional web-based tools for communication. The most popular internet services among medical students are such communication and information platforms as: youtube, VK, Instagram. The tendency to shift the focus of popularity among students towards interactive platforms with enhanced video playback capabilities, active formats in form of «streams» requires usage of this data both to increase online learning possibilities and for an intensive message about healthy lifestyle and healthpreserving behavior stereotypes.

More than 60% of medical students spend more than 3 hours a day on the Internet, a quarter - 4 hours or more. Duration of stay on the Internet has a medium inverse correlation with self-assessment of their mental status (r= -0.49). The most vulnerable group from point of view of the excessive and destructive influence of interactive communications were male students of I-III years of study. More than 80% of them suffer from Internet addiction and may require psychological and pedagogical intervention, administrative and psychotherapeutic interactions.

Keywords:medical students, physical health, psychological comfort, Internet addiction, health-related quality of life, selfassessment of health

Funding. The study had no sponsor support.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Kuznetsov V.V., Kosilov K.V., Kostina E.Yu., Barabash O.A., Fedorishcheva E.K., Karashchuk E.V., Zaiko A.A., Savenchuk A.P. Adherence to interactive communications and self-assessment of health-related quality of life in medical university students. Meditsinskoe obrazovanie i professional'noe razvitie [Medical Education and Professional Development]. 2021; 12 (3): 55-69. DO I: https://doi.org/10.33029/2220-8453-2021-12-3-55-69 (in Russian)

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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Balkizov Zalim Zamirovich
Secretary General of the Russian Society of Medical Education Specialists, Director of the Institute of Training of Medical Education Specialists of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, 125993, Moscow, Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Vocational Education and Educational Technologies of the N.I. Pirogov RNIMU of the MOH of Russia, CEO of GEOTAR-Med, Advisor President of the National Medical Chamber, Moscow, Russian Federation

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