Mental health and lifestyle behaviors of students in a doctor of chiropractic program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Health professional students' mental health and lifestyle behaviors may impact their personal health as well as their clinical practice. The objective of our retrospective study was to see if there were changes in students' mental health and lifestyle behaviors during their doctor of chiropractic program (DCP).

Methods

In 2019, we identified health center files for 198 students who graduated from our DCP between 2015 and 2016, of which 69% (n = 137) contained Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) consent forms granting permission for file review. From each of these files, we extracted mental health and lifestyle behavior data that students self-reported at the beginning and end of their DCP. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, pair

SUBMITTER: Ward KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10013595 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature