Profile of students admitted to health service at university

Abstract

Objective: To characterize the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of students admitted to a health service. Method: Descriptive and retrospective study based on the analysis of medical records of students enrolled at the Federal University of São Paulo who used the health services between 2011 and 2015. The following variables were used to identify students’ sociodemographic and clinical profiles: sex, gender, age, occupation, type of housing, tobacco consumption, preexisting disease and reason for using the service. Results: a total of 457 medical records were eligible; most participants were women (n=318, 69.6%), aged 20 to 29 years, lived with their families (n=304, 66.5%), were cisgender (n=455, 99.5%) and worked. The reasons for seeking the health service included the need to be referred to aa specialist, admission and assessment, and psychosocial complaints, although 72% (n=330) of the participants did not have preexisting diseases. Conclusion: The students admitted to the health service are mostly women, aged 20 to 29 years old, lived with their families and worked. Although most of the students did not present with preexisting diseases, their health complaints were related to psychosocial issues and chronic and gastrointestinal diseases.