Stress in Medical Students: PRIMES, an Italian, Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Paolo Leombruni, Alessio Corradi, Giuseppina Lo Moro, Anna Acampora, Antonella Agodi, Daniele Celotto, Maria Chironna, Silvia Cocchio, Vincenza Cofini, Marcello Mario D’Errico, Carolina Marzuillo, Maria Pavia, Vincenzo Restivo, Licia Veronesi, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Fabrizio Bert, Roberta Siliquini and on behalf of the PRIMES Collaborating Group
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Paolo Leombruni: Clinical Psychology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy
Alessio Corradi: Department of Sciences of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy
Giuseppina Lo Moro: Department of Sciences of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy
Anna Acampora: Sezione di Igiene, Istituto di Sanità Pubblica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
Antonella Agodi: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia”, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy
Daniele Celotto: Department of Medicine, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
Maria Chironna: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari—Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy
Silvia Cocchio: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Vincenza Cofini: Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Marcello Mario D’Errico: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60020 Ancona, Italy
Carolina Marzuillo: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy
Maria Pavia: Department of Health Sciences, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
Vincenzo Restivo: Department of Science for Health Promotion and Mother to Child Care “G. D’Alessandro”, University of Palermo, 90217 Palermo, Italy
Licia Veronesi: Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43121 Parma, Italy
Maria Rosaria Gualano: Department of Sciences of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy
Fabrizio Bert: Department of Sciences of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy
Roberta Siliquini: Department of Sciences of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy
on behalf of the PRIMES Collaborating Group: Collaborators of the PRIMES Collaborating Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: Medical students (MSs) are healthcare workers and must also cope with education-related stressors. This study aims to assess factors associated with perceived stress in Italian MSs. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 12 Italian medical schools (MSCs) in November 2018. A questionnaire assessed socio-demographic characteristics, habits, opinions about MSC, and concerns about the future. Stress was assessed with the PSS-10. Descriptive and univariable tests were performed. A linear model was fitted to find associations of the PSS-10 score with characteristics. There were 2513 collected questionnaires. Median PSS-10 score was 18 (IQR 11). Median age was 22 (IQR 4) and 61% of the sample was female. Female gender, being part of a sexual minority, poor financial situation, competitive atmosphere, having hobbies, resting, and sleeping hindered by MSC were characteristics associated with higher PSS-10 scores. Current relationship, good family relationship, and no concerns about the future were protective factors. Being part of sexual minorities had greater effects in students not living away from home, while in the other group it was not having satisfying friendships. Medical students suffer higher levels of stress than the general population, and many MSC stressors are associated. Living away from home modifies risk and protective factors, offering the possibility to tailor group-specific interventions.

Keywords: psychological distress; stress; psychological; schools; medical; students; medical; cross-sectional studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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