Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Lowers Psychological Distress In Medical Students

Rosenzweig, Steven A; Reibel, Diane K.; Greeson, Jeffrey M.; Brainard, George C.; Hojat, Mohammadreza

doi:10.1207/s15328015tlm1502_03

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“…Students who engage in sports or relaxation exercises during stress and exhaustion had a lower probability of suffering from burnout symptoms than students who did not apply these strategies. There is sufficient evidence from the literature that stress-prevention and stress management programmes conducted in groups of medical students have led to a significant reduction of stress and other symptoms for students of human medicine [42–44]. These include different treatments such as relaxation techniques that teach breathing control or muscle relaxation, as well as yoga and meditation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Behaviour-based functional and dysfunctional strategies of medical students to cope with burnout

Erschens¹,

Loda²,

Herrmann–Werner³

et al. 2018

Medical Education Online

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Background: High levels of burnout rates amongst medical students have been confirmed by numerous studies from diverse contexts. This study aims to explore the functional and dysfunctional coping strategies of medical students with regard to their respective burnout factors.Methods: About 845 medical students in the 3rd, 6th, and 9th semesters and students in their final year were invited to take part in the survey. The self-administered questionnaire included items on potential functional and dysfunctional behavioural-based coping strategies as well as the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Version (MBI-SS). In addition, a comparison of the local results with a German reference sample involving other students was calculated.Results: A total of 597 medical students (70.7%) participated in the cross-sectional study. The results showed high burnout rates, averaging 35%. Students in earlier stages of university education showed lower values for cynicism (a subdimension of burnout), but higher values for emotional exhaustion than students in higher stages. Concerning academic efficacy, there was a trend towards less efficient perception among students in higher education. The identified functional coping strategies were ‘seeking support from friends’, ‘seeking support from family’, ‘doing relaxing exercise’, ‘doing sports’ and ‘seeking support from fellow students’. The identified dysfunctional coping strategies were ‘taking tranquilizers’, ‘taking stimulants’, ‘drinking alcohol’, ‘withdrawal and ruminating’, and ‘playing games on the PC or mobile phone’. The medical students surveyed are more affected by burnout symptoms than the reference populations, but the overall result was difficult to interpret.Conclusions: The identified behavioural-based functional coping strategies suggest that social support and active relaxing exercises seem to be very important possibilities for medical students to reduce stress and exhaustion. The use of drugs and alcohol for stress reduction raises concerns. Programs are recommended to improve resilient behaviour and to impart the identified functional coping strategies to medical students.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behaviour-based functional and dysfunctional strategies of medical students to cope with burnout

Erschens¹,

Loda²,

Herrmann–Werner³

et al. 2018

Medical Education Online

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“…This is a difficult challenge as leading a healthy lifestyle cannot easily be mandated by medical schools, and there are limited resources available for student wellness programs. Nonetheless, many schools have already begun to institute a diverse array of healthy-lifestyle programs, including mindfulness based stress reduction programs [35]. While these programs may reduce stress and be helpful overall, our results suggest that the basic underlying health habits must also be addressed.…”

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confidence: 84%

Health habits of medical students during operating room rotations

Hamlin¹,

Villafranca²,

Jacobsohn³

2017

J Contemp Med Edu

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METHODSWe selected several lifestyle factors to study, which included exercise, sleep, diet, caffeine consumption, and alcohol consumption. These factors were chosen because public health organizations identify them as risk factors for the most common chronic diseases (i.e., cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases) [16]. Evidence that each lifestyle factor was being optimized for health was indicated through compliance with a guideline for healthy living related to this factor. Sources for these guidelines came from a number of respected health organizations. The organizations and their associated guidelines are listed in Table 1.This was a substudy of a larger study examining disruptive behavior in the perioperative setting. The survey received ABSTRACT Purpose: Healthy lifestyle habits have been linked with enhanced learning during medical school, motivating some schools to institute healthy self-care programs for students. This study examined the health habits of medical students in the USA and Canada during operating room rotations and compared the results with recommended health guidelines. Methods: The authors created a survey examining markers of a healthy lifestyle. The questions were derived from scientific guidelines and pertained to getting adequate amounts of exercise and sleep, and abstaining from excessive consumption of junk food, caffeine, and alcohol. Several sociodemographic predictors of compliance with health habits were examined using logistic regression. Results: A total of 543 students completed the survey. The proportions of students meeting recommended health guidelines for each health habit were as follows: Alcohol (79.2%), caffeine (51.3%), food (47.6%), sleep (38.2%), and exercise (18.6%). The proportion of students meeting all health guidelines concurrently was 4.1% and the proportion meeting none was 4.8%. Men had a lower risk of not meeting the majority of the health guidelines (odds ratio [OR] = 0.66, P = 0.018) and older students (OR = 2.17, P = 0.012) were at a higher risk. Conclusions: The vast majority of the medical students surveyed were not in compliance with healthy lifestyle guidelines during operating room rotations. This research supports the need for healthy self-care programs for medical students and specifically draws attention to the importance of physical activity.

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“…Like other MBIs that have been shown to improve psychological well-being in those who provide patient care (e.g., Rosenzweig et al 2003;Shapiro et al 1998;Shapiro et al 2007), mindfulnessbased bereavement care may reduce the risk for compassion fatigue and other negative consequences of working with the traumatically bereaved (Cacciatore 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…MBIs have also been used to reduce psychological distress among medical students (Rosenzweig et al 2003;Shapiro et al 1998), nurses (Beddoe and Murphy 2004;Mackenzie et al 2006), therapists in training (Shapiro et al 2007), survivors of child abuse (Kimbrough et al 2010), caregivers of children with chronic conditions (Minor et al 2006), and cancer patients and survivors (Foley et al 2010;Lengacher et al 2009;Speca et al 2000). Other studies have examined the potential of MBIs to improve overall well-being (Ando et al 2011) and health-related quality of life (Roth and Robbins 2004), to reduce fatigue and decrease anxiety related to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Surawy et al 2005), and to improve the quality of interpersonal relationships (Carson et al 2004).…”

Section: Mindfulness For Health/mental Health Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%