Medical student wellness in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As United States (US) medical students suffer higher rates of depression and anxiety than the general population, the wellness of medical students is particularly salient. One definition describes wellness as having eight dimensions: Intellectual, emotional, physical, social, occupational, financial, environmental, and spiritual. As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses unique challenges for medical students, we aimed to compare medical student wellness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

An informal survey was created to assess eight wellness dimensions and was distributed via Survey Monkey to US allopathic and osteopathic medical students via email and social media. The survey was administered from March 29, 2020 to June 23, 2020. Univariable an

SUBMITTER: Nikolis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8312706 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature