Health behaviors of medical students decline towards residency: how could we maintain and enhance these behaviors throughout their training.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We examined health behaviors and perceptions among medical students and compared them with the results of a previous survey among residents and senior physicians.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was performed among second-year medical students (2015-2018) and among physicians (2015) using an online questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed.

Results

Significantly more physicians perceived their health as bad, compared with students. Half of the residents, compared with one-third of senior physicians and one-fifth of students, reported high emotional stress. Residents reported the worst, and students - the best, eating habits. Logistic regression models demonstrated that lower emotional stress, healthy eating habits, adequate sleep

SUBMITTER: Wilf-Miron R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8054363 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature