Anxiety and insecurity in medical interns: the impact of the pandemic COVID-19
Purpose: We aimed to assess anxiety among medical interns and to identify changes regarding their perspective about the profession during the pandemic period in Brazil, between November 2020 and February 2021. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study which medical interns answered an on...
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| author | Daphne Moreira Dziedzic Gabriela Silvestre Dallgnelo Emerson Schindler Junior Olavo Andreucci Lindstron Fabiana Antunes Andrade Fabiana Antunes Andrade Renato Mitsunori Nisihara |
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Purpose: We aimed to assess anxiety among medical interns and to identify changes regarding their perspective about the profession during the pandemic period in Brazil, between November 2020 and February 2021. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study which medical interns answered an online survey questionnaire. The assessment was performed using the validated questionnaire General Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7).
Results: 162 responses were collected, mean age of 24.9 years, majority female (66.7%); 83.3% had the option of returning to practical assistance. Among these, 35% claimed to have had contact with suspects COVID-19 patients and 13% had a positive test for COVID-19. GAD-7 scores showed that 33.4% were qualified as “Normal”, while mild (37%), moderate (22.8%) or severe symptoms of anxiety (6.8%). A GAD-7 score positive for TAG was found in 29.6% of them. Anxiety was significantly associated (p=0.013) with questioning the choice of Medicine as a profession. Conclusions: We found a high frequency of interns with symptoms of anxiety, higher compared to similar studies prior to the pandemic. In addition, medical interns with anxiety were the ones who most questioned the choice of profession.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce3b1099959743adbde92cfa33a46a6c2022-12-22T00:54:33ZporUniversidade de São PauloMedicina0076-60462176-72622022-07-01552Anxiety and insecurity in medical interns: the impact of the pandemic COVID-19Daphne Moreira Dziedzic0Gabriela Silvestre Dallgnelo1Emerson Schindler Junior2Olavo Andreucci Lindstron3Fabiana Antunes Andrade4Fabiana Antunes Andrade5Renato Mitsunori Nisihara6Universidade Positivo. Department of Medicine, Curitiba, (PR), BrazilUniversidade Positivo. Department of Medicine, Curitiba, (PR), Brazil.Universidade Positivo. Department of Medicine, Curitiba, (PR), Brazil.Universidade Positivo. Department of Medicine, Curitiba, (PR), BrazilUniversidade Positivo. Department of Medicine, Curitiba, (PR), Brazil.Universidade Positivo. Department of Medicine, Curitiba, (PR), Brazil.Universidade Positivo. Department of Medicine, Curitiba, (PR), Brazil Purpose: We aimed to assess anxiety among medical interns and to identify changes regarding their perspective about the profession during the pandemic period in Brazil, between November 2020 and February 2021. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study which medical interns answered an online survey questionnaire. The assessment was performed using the validated questionnaire General Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7). Results: 162 responses were collected, mean age of 24.9 years, majority female (66.7%); 83.3% had the option of returning to practical assistance. Among these, 35% claimed to have had contact with suspects COVID-19 patients and 13% had a positive test for COVID-19. GAD-7 scores showed that 33.4% were qualified as “Normal”, while mild (37%), moderate (22.8%) or severe symptoms of anxiety (6.8%). A GAD-7 score positive for TAG was found in 29.6% of them. Anxiety was significantly associated (p=0.013) with questioning the choice of Medicine as a profession. Conclusions: We found a high frequency of interns with symptoms of anxiety, higher compared to similar studies prior to the pandemic. In addition, medical interns with anxiety were the ones who most questioned the choice of profession. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/191222COVID-19 PandemicMedical students Mental health Anxiety |
| spellingShingle | Daphne Moreira Dziedzic Gabriela Silvestre Dallgnelo Emerson Schindler Junior Olavo Andreucci Lindstron Fabiana Antunes Andrade Fabiana Antunes Andrade Renato Mitsunori Nisihara Anxiety and insecurity in medical interns: the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 Medicina COVID-19 Pandemic Medical students Mental health Anxiety |
| title | Anxiety and insecurity in medical interns: the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 |
| title_full | Anxiety and insecurity in medical interns: the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Anxiety and insecurity in medical interns: the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anxiety and insecurity in medical interns: the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 |
| title_short | Anxiety and insecurity in medical interns: the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 |
| title_sort | anxiety and insecurity in medical interns the impact of the pandemic covid 19 |
| topic | COVID-19 Pandemic Medical students Mental health Anxiety |
| url | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/191222 |
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