Abstract
BackgroundSeveral studies correlate medical residency with the occurrence of mental health disorders, Burnout Syndrome and quality of life impairment. It has been demonstrated that mental health disorders increase medical errors and lead to less effective patient care. Considering such context, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety, depression, stress and to identify its correlates with Burnout Syndrome and quality of life in a sample of medical residents and fellow physicians of the largest Brazilian academic health system.MethodsIn 2017, 1648 participants were voluntarily and anonymously surveyed online about demographic characteristics, Burnout Syndrome, mental symptoms, and quality of life measured by validated questionnaires. Responses were captured through REDCap platform and multivariate statistical analyses were performed with STATA 15.ResultsA total of 606 (36.8%) residents/fellows physicians completed the survey. Depression symptoms were present in 19%, anxiety symptoms in 16% and stress symptoms in 17.7% of the sample. Burnout Syndrome was present in 63% of the sample. Multivariate analysis showed a statistical significant positive correlation between Burnout Syndrome and depression, anxiety and stress symptoms and a negative correlation between mental symptoms and quality of life scores.ConclusionsMental health symptoms prevalence in this study is similar to other studies and their occurrence is positively correlated with Burnout Syndrome among medical residents/fellow physicians of the largest Brazilian academic health system. These results are relevant and must be confirmed by multicentric longitudinal studies. This study reinforces the importance of debating interventions to improve mental health among doctors in training.
Highlights
Several studies correlate medical residency with the occurrence of mental health disorders, Burnout Syndrome and quality of life impairment
It has been demonstrated that mental health and quality of life impairments increase medical errors and lead to less effective patient care [6–10]
The aim of this study is to perform a cross-sectional study to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety, depression and stress symptoms in a diverse sample of medical residents/fellow physicians of different specialty fields and training years from the largest Brazilian academic health system and try to identify its correlates with Burnout Syndrome and quality of life
Summary
Several studies correlate medical residency with the occurrence of mental health disorders, Burnout Syndrome and quality of life impairment. It has been demonstrated that mental health disorders increase medical errors and lead to less effective patient care Considering such context, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety, depression, stress and to identify its correlates with Burnout Syndrome and quality of life in a sample of medical residents and fellow physicians of the largest Brazilian academic health system. It has been demonstrated that mental health and quality of life impairments increase medical errors and lead to less effective patient care [6–10]. The aim of this study is to perform a cross-sectional study to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety, depression and stress symptoms in a diverse sample of medical residents/fellow physicians of different specialty fields and training years from the largest Brazilian academic health system and try to identify its correlates with Burnout Syndrome and quality of life.
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