Medical students, mental health and the role of resilience - A cross-sectional study.
Medical students
anxiety
burnout
depression
resilience
Journal
Medical teacher
ISSN: 1466-187X
Titre abrégé: Med Teach
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7909593
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2023
Jan 2023
Historique:
pubmed:
11
10
2022
medline:
26
1
2023
entrez:
10
10
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Medical students have reported high prevalence of mental health difficulties and burnout. However, there are limited investigations examining the association between resilience and these difficulties. We investigated: (1) depression, anxiety, personal and professional burnout, and comorbidity; (2) demographic and education characteristics associated with these outcomes; (3) the association between resilience and these outcomes; and (4) whether these results were attributable to sampling bias. Participants were One-in-three students reported incidence of depression or anxiety (24.5% co-morbidity). 8.9% of students reported all four difficulties. Difficulties were more common in female students and those in middle years of the programme. Resilience was negatively correlated with all outcomes and stable across demographic and educational variables. Weighting the data for sampling bias did not affect these results. Our results emphasise the high incidence of depression, anxiety, burnout, and comorbidity in students. We advocate for further investigation into the role of resilience as a modifiable factor that may ameliorate the incidence of depression, anxiety, and burnout in medical students.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
UNASSIGNED
Medical students have reported high prevalence of mental health difficulties and burnout. However, there are limited investigations examining the association between resilience and these difficulties. We investigated: (1) depression, anxiety, personal and professional burnout, and comorbidity; (2) demographic and education characteristics associated with these outcomes; (3) the association between resilience and these outcomes; and (4) whether these results were attributable to sampling bias.
METHODS
UNASSIGNED
Participants were
RESULTS
UNASSIGNED
One-in-three students reported incidence of depression or anxiety (24.5% co-morbidity). 8.9% of students reported all four difficulties. Difficulties were more common in female students and those in middle years of the programme. Resilience was negatively correlated with all outcomes and stable across demographic and educational variables. Weighting the data for sampling bias did not affect these results.
CONCLUSIONS
UNASSIGNED
Our results emphasise the high incidence of depression, anxiety, burnout, and comorbidity in students. We advocate for further investigation into the role of resilience as a modifiable factor that may ameliorate the incidence of depression, anxiety, and burnout in medical students.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36214365
doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2022.2128735
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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