Stress and depressed mood in medical students, law students, and graduate students at McGill University

Helmers, Karin F.; Danoff, Deborah; Steinert, Yvonne; Leyton, Marco; Young, Simon N.

doi:10.1097/00001888-199708000-00018

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“…In an auxiliary question, this study also examines the question of whether medical students are also more exposed than students of other disciplines. There are still unclear findings here [19–21]. …”

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Behaviour-based functional and dysfunctional strategies of medical students to cope with burnout

Erschens¹,

Loda²,

Herrmann–Werner³

et al. 2018

Medical Education Online

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Background: High levels of burnout rates amongst medical students have been confirmed by numerous studies from diverse contexts. This study aims to explore the functional and dysfunctional coping strategies of medical students with regard to their respective burnout factors.Methods: About 845 medical students in the 3rd, 6th, and 9th semesters and students in their final year were invited to take part in the survey. The self-administered questionnaire included items on potential functional and dysfunctional behavioural-based coping strategies as well as the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Version (MBI-SS). In addition, a comparison of the local results with a German reference sample involving other students was calculated.Results: A total of 597 medical students (70.7%) participated in the cross-sectional study. The results showed high burnout rates, averaging 35%. Students in earlier stages of university education showed lower values for cynicism (a subdimension of burnout), but higher values for emotional exhaustion than students in higher stages. Concerning academic efficacy, there was a trend towards less efficient perception among students in higher education. The identified functional coping strategies were ‘seeking support from friends’, ‘seeking support from family’, ‘doing relaxing exercise’, ‘doing sports’ and ‘seeking support from fellow students’. The identified dysfunctional coping strategies were ‘taking tranquilizers’, ‘taking stimulants’, ‘drinking alcohol’, ‘withdrawal and ruminating’, and ‘playing games on the PC or mobile phone’. The medical students surveyed are more affected by burnout symptoms than the reference populations, but the overall result was difficult to interpret.Conclusions: The identified behavioural-based functional coping strategies suggest that social support and active relaxing exercises seem to be very important possibilities for medical students to reduce stress and exhaustion. The use of drugs and alcohol for stress reduction raises concerns. Programs are recommended to improve resilient behaviour and to impart the identified functional coping strategies to medical students.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Behaviour-based functional and dysfunctional strategies of medical students to cope with burnout

Erschens¹,

Loda²,

Herrmann–Werner³

et al. 2018

Medical Education Online

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“…Surprisingly, doing regular exercise was not an independent correlate although it is deemed to reduce stress [2]. These independent correlates of perceived stress emphasize the need for adjusting for personal and environmental factors in studies dealing with stress: first, trait personality, then coping strategies and stress triggers [16,17].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The medical program is viewed as a stressful environment [15]. However, few studies have compared academic programs and even some failed to confirm this statement [16,17]. The discrepancy in results has been explained by the instruments used to measure stress, some of which were not validated [16,17].…”

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Students perceived stress in academic programs: Consequences for its management

Neveu

Doron²,

Visier³

et al. 2012

Revue d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique

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Background. -Academic stress contributes to the deterioration of the students' quality of life. Psychological determinants involved in the stress process, trait anxiety and coping, have been neglected when assessing the role of academic programs in stress. This study aimed at determining whether academic programs are associated with a high level of perceived stress above and beyond potential personal and environmental risk factors, as well as coping strategies.Methods. -A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2009 among third-year medical (total n = 170, participants 88%), dental (n = 63, 94%), psychology (n = 331, 61%) and sports sciences (n = 312, 55%) students in Montpellier (France). The stress level experienced during the last 2 months, trait anxiety and coping strategies were appraised. Substance use, psychological care, and stress triggers were also collected using a selfadministered questionnaire.Results. -Compared with medicine and after adjusting for gender and age, only the sports program was associated with a lower perceived stress risk: adjusted odds ratio: 0.54 [95% Confidence interval: 0.30; 0.99]. Substantial reductions in perceived stress risks were observed in science students after additional adjustments for non-academic stress triggers, substance use, psychological care (adjusted odds ratio: 0.20 [95% Confidence interval: 0.09; 0.41]), and also for trait anxiety and coping strategies (adjusted odds ratio: 0.23 [95% Confidence interval: 0.10; 0.54]). Compared with medicine and after these additional adjustments, psychology had a significantly lower perceived stress risk (0.34 [0.18; 0.64]; 0.40 [0.19; 0.86], respectively), dentistry had a similar risk (0.82 [0.35; 1.91]; 0.53 [0.20; 1.43], respectively).Conclusion. -Sports and psychology programs had a lower perceived stress risk compared with medicine. Personal and environmental risk factors and coping strategies modified the association between academic program and perceived stress. Developing efficient coping strategies in students and improving academic environment could contribute to prevent the potential deleterious consequences of stress.

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“…14,15,16 While some studies have found little or no evidence of stress among medical students. 17,18 IJBAR (2013) 04 (11) www.ssjournals.com…”

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Professional examination stress induced hemodynamic changes in first year MBBS students

Anandarajan¹,

Banu²,

Muthukumar³

et al. 2013

Int J of Biomed & Adv Res

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Stress and depressed mood in medical students, law students, and graduate students at McGill University

Cited by 146 publications

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Behaviour-based functional and dysfunctional strategies of medical students to cope with burnout

Behaviour-based functional and dysfunctional strategies of medical students to cope with burnout

Students perceived stress in academic programs: Consequences for its management

Professional examination stress induced hemodynamic changes in first year MBBS students

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