Association between mental health and duty hours of postgraduate residents in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study

Association between mental health and duty hours of postgraduate residents in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study

Abstract The new duty hour (DH) limit for doctors in Japan will begin in 2024, setting the maximum DHs for postgraduate residents at approximately 80 h weekly. To set appropriate limits, understanding the association between DHs and psychological health is necessary. Thus, we assessed the relationsh...

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Main Authors: Kazuya Nagasaki, Yuji Nishizaki, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Taro Shimizu, Yu Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Shikino, Sho Fukui, Sho Nishiguchi, Masaru Kurihara, Koshi Kataoka, Yasuharu Tokuda, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14952-x

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