期刊名称：Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
电子版ISSN：1975-5937
出版年度：2015
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：1-5
DOI：10.3352/jeehp.2015.12.3
语种：English
出版社：Korea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute
摘要：Purpose:While undergoing a hospital residency training program,residents often suffer anxiety and stress.This study aims to evaluate the change in health-related quality of life and happiness among internal medicine residents,and iden_x0002_tify prognostic factors.Methods:Thirty-eight residents in the Ramathibodi Hospital internal medicine training program completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF and happiness Measures questionnaires at three time points:commencement,day 100,and the end of the second year of training.Confidence,expectations,anxiety,and gen?eral health were rated.Analyses were performed with mixed linear regression.Results:Financial problems were reported for 16 residents (42.1%).At baseline,most residents had moderate-to-very high confidence,expectations,and general health but also moderate-to-very high anxiety.The health-related quality of life score was highest in the social domain followed by the environmental,psychological,and physical domains.Their psychological,physical,social,and environmental scores significantly decreased after enrollment.Their happiness and general health scores were significantly reduced after enrollment.The training program duration was negatively associated with all domains.Residents with greater confidence had higher health-related quality of life scores in the physical,psychological,and environmental domains.Moreover,their general health was positively associated with the social and environmental domains.Conclusion:A re?duction in health-related quality of life and happiness under the internal medicine residency program is reported.High confidence and good physical health may counterbalance the decline in health-related quality of life and happiness.
关键词：Purpose:While undergoing a hospital residency training program,residents often suffer anxiety and stress.This study aims to evaluate the change in health-related quality of life and happiness among internal medicine residents,and iden_x0002_tify prognostic factors.Methods:Thirty-eight residents in the Ramathibodi Hospital internal medicine training program completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF and happiness Measures questionnaires at three time points:commencement,day 100,and the end of the second year of training.Confidence,expectations,anxiety,and gen?eral health were rated.Analyses were performed with mixed linear regression.Results:Financial problems were reported for 16 residents (42.1%).At baseline,most residents had moderate-to-very high confidence,expectations,and general health but also moderate-to-very high anxiety.The health-related quality of life score was highest in the social domain followed by the environmental,psychological,and physical domains.Their psychological,physical,social,and environmental scores significantly decreased after enrollment.Their happiness and general health scores were significantly reduced after enrollment.The training program duration was negatively associated with all domains.Residents with greater confidence had higher health-related quality of life scores in the physical,psychological,and environmental domains.Moreover,their general health was positively associated with the social and environmental domains.Conclusion:A re?duction in health-related quality of life and happiness under the internal medicine residency program is reported.High confidence and good physical health may counterbalance the decline in health-related quality of life and happiness.
