Moore Michelle B, Yang David, Raines Amanda M, Bailey Rahn Kennedy, Beg Waania
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, United States.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.
Front Psychol. 2022 Sep 2;13:929227. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.929227. eCollection 2022.
Asian Americans comprise 21% of matriculating medical students in the United States but little is known about their mental health. With the growing focus on addressing the mental health of medical students, this systematic, nationwide survey assesses the relationship between anxiety and depression symptoms and coping skills among Asian American medical students.
A survey tool comprised of Patient Health Questionnaire-9, General Anxiety Disorder-7, and questions related to coping were emailed to members of the Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association enrolled in a United States medical school during the 2016-2017 academic year. We evaluated associations between anxiety and coping as well as depression and coping.
A total of 511 Asian American medical students completed the survey. Anxiety symptoms were positively correlated with an increase in negative coping skills. Depressive symptoms were not correlated with an increase in negative coping skills.
Professionals and medical schools that aim to improve the mental health of medical students should be aware of the needs of specific populations. Asian American students who experience anxiety were more likely to utilize avoidant or negative coping strategies. In addition, Asian American students who experience depressive symptoms were not more likely to utilize these negative coping strategies. Further research must be done to evaluate the factors that influence the use of negative coping strategies to better address anxiety within the Asian American medical student population.
在美国，亚裔美国医学生占入学医学生总数的21%，但人们对他们的心理健康状况知之甚少。随着对医学生心理健康问题的关注度不断提高，这项全国性的系统调查评估了亚裔美国医学生的焦虑和抑郁症状与应对技巧之间的关系。
一份由患者健康问卷-9、广泛性焦虑障碍量表-7以及与应对相关的问题组成的调查问卷，通过电子邮件发送给了在2016 - 2017学年就读于美国医学院校的亚太裔美国医学生协会成员。我们评估了焦虑与应对以及抑郁与应对之间的关联。
共有511名亚裔美国医学生完成了调查。焦虑症状与消极应对技巧的增加呈正相关。抑郁症状与消极应对技巧的增加无相关性。
旨在改善医学生心理健康的专业人员和医学院校应了解特定人群的需求。经历焦虑的亚裔美国学生更有可能采用回避或消极的应对策略。此外，经历抑郁症状的亚裔美国学生不太可能采用这些消极应对策略。必须开展进一步研究，以评估影响消极应对策略使用的因素，从而更好地解决亚裔美国医学生群体中的焦虑问题。
