Mental health and sleep habits during preclinical years of medical school.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this non interventional study was to define changes in anxiety, depression, and sleep quality of medical students in their first two years of medical school while considering potential risk factors of self-reported chronic disease, sleep quantity, year of medical school and exercise habits. Since this study was ongoing during the COVID-19 pandemic, its effect was also evaluated.

Participants

/METHODS: A cohort of 197 medical students was evaluated longitudinally using survey methods to quantify changes from pre-medical school and summer break to each semester in medical school throughout years one and two. This study was performed from July 2019 through June 2021. Data was analyzed using Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) on the numeric respons

SUBMITTER: McKinley B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9461239 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature