Level of resilience and depressive symptoms in medical interns in Peru

Villalobos-Otayza A.; Vela-Alfaro F.M.; Wiegering-Gianoli D.; Robles-Alfaro R.A. · Educacion Medica (2021) · DOI: 10.1016/j.edumed.2018.12.006

Resumen

Introduction: The medical intern is susceptible to multiple factors that can lead to depressive symptoms. Resilience is a mechanism that allows them to overcome and counteract this problem. There is limited information about the scope and relationship between these 2 aspects in the population described. Objective: To determine the relationship between the level of resilience and the presence of depressive symptoms during the medical internship in Lima, Peru. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on a representative sample of interns from four hospitals in Lima, Peru. The level of resilience was measured with the Wagnild and Young Abbreviated Resilience Questionnaire, and the presence of depressive symptoms with the abbreviated Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale. A logistic regression model was used to determine statistical relationship. Results: A total of 202 interns were surveyed (83.5% of the total number of interns). The mean level of resilience was 78.01 ± 11.59, with a high resilience prevalence of 87.1% (n = 176), with the mean prevalence of depressive symptoms being 42.6% (n = 86). An inverse relationship was found between a high level of resilience and the absence of depressive symptoms (OR 13.75; 95% CI 3.9-47.6; P < .05). Conclusion: Those with a higher level of resilience had fewer depressive symptoms. Contact with friends, and conformity with the hospital and with staff were associated with a high level of resilience.

Instituciones: Universidad Científica del Sur