ArticleJournal of affective disorders2022
Mental health and working conditions among French medical students: A nationwide study.
Article in Journal of affective disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT07305701 (Mental Health of Medical Students in Orleans), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Mental Health of Medical Students in Orleans: a Cohort Study of a New Faculty
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Assessing psychological distress among medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis of tools available.BMC medical education · 2026Pooled it
- Global prevalence of anxiety and depression among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Associations between humiliation, shame, self-harm and suicidality among adolescents and young adults: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- The prevalence and risk factors of mental problems in medical students during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Pooled it
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- Gambling disorder as a risk factor for suicidal ideation in medical students.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
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- Addressing medical students' health challenges: codesign and pilot testing of the Preventive Remediation for Optimal MEdical StudentS (PROMESS) program.BMC medical education · 2025Article
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- Adopting the principles and practices of learning health systems in universities and colleges: recommendations for delivering actionable data to improve student mental health.Cogent mental health · 2024Article
- Understanding students' motivations for participating in a mindfulness course: a qualitative analysis of medical students' views.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- [Distress and resilience of Paris-Saclay medical students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic].Annales medico-psychologiques · 2023Article
- Mental health first aid training among healthcare French students: a qualitative study.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- The consumption of psychoactive substances among French physicians: how do they perceive the creation of a dedicated healthcare system?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Mental health in medical, dental and pharmacy students: A cross-sectional study.Journal of affective disorders reports · 2022Article
- Association of depression symptoms and sleep quality with state-trait anxiety in medical university students in Anhui Province, China: a mediation analysis.BMC medical education · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMedical students' mental health is a public health problem that has worsened with COVID 19's pandemic. There is a lack of French data. The principal aim was to assess French medical students' mental health.
methodsAn online cross-sectional survey was performed between May 27 and June 27, 2021. An anonymous questionnaire was sent via academic email addresses by medical faculties and secondly on social media. We assessed 7-day anxiety and depressive symptoms were evaluated with the Hospitalization Anxiety and Depression scale, 12-month major depressive episode (MDE) with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview- Short Form, burnout with the Maslach Burnout Inventory, 12-month suicidal ideation, humiliation, sexual harassment, and sexual aggression during their curriculum. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify main MDE associated factors. OUTCOMES: 11,754 participants (response rate: 15.3%) were included. Prevalence of 7-day anxiety symptoms, 7-day depressive symptoms, 12-month MDE, and 12-month suicidal thoughts were 52%, 18%, 25%, and 19% respectively. Burnout syndrome concerned 67% of clinical students and residents and 39% of preclinical students. Prevalence of humiliation, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse during their curriculum were 23%, 25%, and 4%, respectively. Having important (OR = 1.44, IC 95 [1.31-1.58], p < 0.001) or very important financial issues (OR = 2.47, IC 95 [2.15-2.85], p < 0.001), experienced humiliation (OR = 1.63, IC 95 [1.46-1.81], p < 0.001), sexual harassment (OR = 1.43, IC 95 [1.28-1.59], p < 0.001) and sexual abuse (OR = 1.52, IC 95 [1.24-1.85], p < 0.001) were associated with an increased risk of MDE.
interpretationThis is the largest study on French medical students' mental health. These results point to very particular conditions in French students environment that need to be addressed to improve their mental health.
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