ArticleArchives of academic emergency medicine2019
Prevalence of Depression and Personality Disorders in the Beginning and End of Emergency Medicine Residency Program; a Prospective Cross Sectional Study.
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- Depression and depressive symptoms in physicians prior to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- Depression among healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Human resources for health · 2021Pooled it
- Excessive Noise in Neonatal Units and the Occupational Stress Experienced by Healthcare Professionals: An Assessment of Burnout and Measurement of Cortisol Levels.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Stress Salivary Biomarkers Variation during the Work Day in Emergencies in Healthcare Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionEmergency medicine physicians are constantly under psychological trauma due to encountering critically ill patients, mortality, and violence, which can negatively affect their mental and physical health. The present study was performed with the aim of determining the rate of depression and personality disorders in first-year emergency medicine residents and comparing it with the time they reach the 3rd year.
methodsIn the present prospective cross-sectional study, emergency medicine residents working in multiple teaching hospitals were included via census method and evaluated regarding the rate of depression and personality disorders using the standard MMPI-2 questionnaire upon admission to the program and graduation and their status regarding the evaluated disorders were compared between the 2 phases of evaluation.
results99 residents with the mean age of 33.93 ± 5.92 years were evaluated. 85 (85.85%) rated their interest in their discipline as moderate to high. The rates of stress (p = 0.020), anxiety (p < 0.001), and hypomania (p = 0.015) had significantly increased during the 3 years and psychasthenia rate had decreased significantly during this time (p = 0.002). Changes in the prevalence of other disorders on the third year compared to the year of admission to emergency medicine program were not significant.
conclusionConsidering the results of the present study, it seems that paying more attention to mental problems and decreasing environmental stressors of medical residents, especially emergency medicine residents, should be among the priorities of managers and policymakers of this discipline.
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