Gender Disparities in Mental Health and Study Demands among Medical Students: A Three-Cohort Study at Two German Universities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical students regularly report poorer mental health outcomes than students from other faculties and in other degree programmes. Gender and year of study have been discussed as factors influencing mental health. However, study results for both factors are inconclusive. Moreover, little is known about the associations between gender and study progression with perceived study demands.

Methods

The purpose of this study was to analyse medical students' self-reported mental health status and perceived study demands with particular focus on gender differences and study progression. We conducted an online survey in two German universities across three data collection waves during the winter terms of the academic years 2021, 2022, and 2023. We included 1,083 medical stu

SUBMITTER: Zoellick JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12686339 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature