Cognition in medical residents with and without anxiety in a specialist training hospital
The resident doctor plays an important role in people's health care. To compare the cognition of medical residents with/without anxiety in a specialist training hospital. Comparative, prospective, cross-sectional study. Medical residents of any grade and specialty were included, who signed info...
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Published in | Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Vol. 61; no. 2; p. 147 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | Spanish |
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Mexico
01.03.2023
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Summary: | The resident doctor plays an important role in people's health care.
To compare the cognition of medical residents with/without anxiety in a specialist training hospital.
Comparative, prospective, cross-sectional study. Medical residents of any grade and specialty were included, who signed informed consent. Those with a diagnosis of cognitive impairment were excluded, and who did not complete the tests were eliminated. AMAS-A test was applied to assess anxiety and NEUROPSI: Attention and memory test for cognitive characteristics. Mann-Whitney's U and Spearman's rho were used, p≤0.05 was considered significant.
155 residents were evaluated, 55.5% men, mean age 32.4 years. Internal Medicine was the predominant specialty (25.2%). AMAS-A identified 94.19% residents with anxiety. NEUROPSI reported Attention and memory domain (38.7%) in normal classification, Memory (34.2%) in high normal, and Attention and executive functions (32.3%) in severe alteration as predominant assessments. Only Memory showed a significant difference between residents with and without anxiety (p=0.015). Attention and executive functions-Physiological anxiety (r=-0.21, p=0.009) and Attention and memory-Social concern (r=-0.268, p=0.001) correlations were significant.
The percentage of anxiety and cognitive alterations in residents physicians is high. Anxiety decisively affects memory capacity in these medical doctors. |
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ISSN: | 2448-5667 |