Prevalence of anxiety and factors associated with anxiety among resident doctors ina tertiary care teaching hospital in South eastern Rajasthan Shekhawat BS1, Meena V1, Moondra P2, Yadav S1,*, Dhaka V1, Vignesh K1 1Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Kota 2Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Government Medical College, Kota *Corresponding Author Dr. Sandhya Yadav (PG Resident), Email : drsandhya0104@gmail.com, Mobile No. : +91 98174 31839
Online published on 16 November, 2023. Abstract Medical residency has been recognized as a period during which residents in training face a series of extreme emotional situations, such as long working hours, sleep deprivation, lack of autonomy and constant contact with human sufferings leading to anxiety. Anxiety in residents is an important problem because of the potential risk it imposes on individual health and medical care. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of anxiety and identify the associated risk factors associated with anxiety among resident doctors. A crosssectional study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital. 200 resident doctors who fulfilled the inclusion criteria for the study were included in the study. Data was analysed by using SPSS version 21 software. Statistical analysis included chi-square-test, correlation, multivariate analysis, unpaired t test. Overall prevalence of anxiety in resident doctors was 25.5 %, out of them 21.5% were suffering from mild anxiety and 4% were suffering from moderate anxiety. Mean anxiety score was more in female residents, General Medicine resident doctors, clinical speciality, surgical speciality, first year resident doctors and resident doctors who reported less sleeping hours and more working hours. This study throws light on the psychological problem like anxiety among resident doctors. The factors associated with anxiety were female gender, younger age, unmarried marital status, living single, sleep deprivation, prolonged working hours and first year of residency. Top Keywords Anxiety, Resident doctors, Tertiary care hospital. Top |