The COVID-19 Pandemic and Associated Depression Among Emergency Medicine Interns: Results from a National Longitudinal Cohort Study.

Carrie Bissell, Lauren Fowler, Destiny Folk, Cortlyn Brown

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Carrie BissellDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4202-8971

Lauren FowlerDepartment of Translational Neuroscience, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3494-6334

Destiny FolkDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.

Cortlyn BrownDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1844-0624

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Mobile Technology to Identify Behavorial Mechanisms Linking Genetic Variation and DepressionR01MH101459 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SEN, SRIJAN · 2013 to 2023

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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101459

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Abstract

To explore the prevalence of depression among emergency medicine (EM) interns before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Intern Health Study is a national longitudinal cohort study examining mental health among interns across various specialties. In this secondary analysis, we focused specifically on EM interns from 2008 to 2022. Participants completed a baseline survey before their intern year and quarterly surveys throughout their intern year. Depression severity was assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9), with scores of 10 or higher indicating moderate-to-severe depression. In total, 1956 EM interns from 160 programs completed all PHQ9 surveys. PHQ9 scores at baseline (start of the intern year) were significantly lower prior to the COVID-19 pandemic compared to during it (

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COVID-19depressionemergency medicineinternmedical trainingresidency

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PMID40564603

DOI10.3390/bs15060821

PMCPMC12189265

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