Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School, University of Oxford, UK.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022 Sep;68(6):1248-1252. doi: 10.1177/00207640211047880. Epub 2021 Sep 23.
The psychological wellbeing and stresses on medical students are currently under a global spotlight. Under a wider initiative supported by the British Medical Association (BMA), international surveys have been conducted to understand and begin to tackle these issues.
This study aimed at describing the mental wellbeing and levels of burnout of Iranian medical students. A total of 179 medical students from 19 different cities participated voluntarily in the survey by answering an online questionnaire between April and August 2020. We detected a trend toward higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders (namely depressive disorders) and substance misuse when compared to previous national studies.
About 6% of students screened positive for alcohol problems with the CAGE questionnaire. About 77% of medical students screened positive for mental health problems with the GHQ12 questionnaire. Very high rates of burnout were also reported. These findings emphasize the urgent need to define methods to screen at risk medical students and implement local and national initiatives to curtain their potential detrimental effects.
目前，全球都在关注医学生的心理健康和压力。在英国医学协会（BMA）支持的一项更广泛的倡议下，已经进行了国际调查，以了解并开始解决这些问题。
本研究旨在描述伊朗医学生的心理健康和倦怠水平。共有来自 19 个不同城市的 179 名医学生自愿通过在线问卷在 2020 年 4 月至 8 月间参与了调查。与之前的全国性研究相比，我们发现精神障碍（即抑郁障碍）和物质滥用的患病率呈上升趋势。
约 6%的学生用 CAGE 问卷筛查出有酒精问题。约 77%的医学生用 GHQ12 问卷筛查出有心理健康问题。报告的倦怠率也非常高。这些发现强调了迫切需要确定方法来筛查有风险的医学生，并实施地方和国家倡议来遏制他们的潜在不利影响。
