First-year residents training during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic were significantly less likely to screen positive for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) versus residents training before the pandemic, according to a study published online Aug. 22 in JAMA Network Open.
First-year residents training during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic were significantly less likely to screen positive for posttraumatic stress disorder versus residents training before the pandemic, according to a study published online Aug. 22 inMichelle K. Ptak, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues examined changes in PTSD symptoms among first-year residents training before and during the first pandemic wave .
The researchers found that among nonresidency factors, only neuroticism was significantly higher among residents training during the pandemic versus prepandemic residents . Residents training during the pandemic reported significantly lower weekly duty hours , lower mean reports of medical errors , and higher workload satisfaction .
During the pandemic, residents were significantly less likely to screen positive for PTSD and workplace trauma exposure compared with prepandemic training residents., workload, and medical errors as potential targets of intervention to prevent PTSD among residents," write the authors.Michelle K.
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