Medición de la calidad de vida en médicos residentes / Measurement of the quality of life in the residents doctors
Educ. méd. (Ed. impr.)
; 12(3): 169-177, sept. 2009. tab
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: ibc-79593
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RESUMEN
Introducción. Durante los estudios de especialidad el médico residente afronta niveles de estrés superiores a la población general afectándolo profesional y personalmente, por lo que cuestionamos por qué los estudios de residencia modifican la calidad de vida de los médicos residentes que los cursan. Sujetos y métodos. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, comparativo, entre febrero de 2006y febrero de 2007. Se aplicó el módulo central del cuestionario PECVEC a dos grupos de residentes un grupo de residentes que iniciaba su especialidad y un año después, y a otro grupo que ya tenía más de un año realizando estudios de especialidad; se incluyeron residentes tanto de especialidades medicas como quirúrgicas que aceptaron participar. Los datos se capturaron en el programa SPSSv. 15. Se utilizó estadística descriptiva para variables sociodemográficas de Student para comparar la calidad de vida entre residentes y especialidad cursada. La calidad de vida se clasificó como muy buena de 3,1 a 4, buena de 2,1 a 3, regular de 1,1 a 2 y mala entre 0 y 1. Resultados. En el primer grupo se incluyeron 54 residentes, sólo45 residentes completaron las encuestas al ingreso y un año después, y se excluyó a 9 por no completar la segunda evaluación; el segundo grupo incluyó a 62 residentes de segundo y tercer año que tenían más de un año realizando estudios de especialidad. Se encontró que después de un año de especialidad en las seis (..) (AU)
ABSTRACT
Introduction. During specialty studies, the resident doctor faces higher stress levels than the normal population, affecting him/her professionally and personally, hence we ask the question do the residency studies modify the quality of life of the resident doctors who are taking the specialty? Subjects and methods. A descriptive, comparative study was carried out in February 2006 and in February 2007. We applied the PECVEC questionnaire central module to two residents groups the first one, initiating their medical specialty and one year later; and the second one, residents with more than one year of specialty studies. We included residents from medical and surgical specialties that agreed to participate in this study. All data was captured on SPSS v. 15 for analysis descriptive statistics were used for socio-demographic variables, the Students t for comparing the quality of life among residents and specialty. The quality of life was classified as very good between 3.1 and 4,good between 2.1 and 3, regular between 1.1 and 2 and bad between 0 and 1. Results. 54 residents were included in the FirstGroup, from which only 45 completed the questionnaires at the beginning and one year later. We excluded 9 residents because they didnt complete the second questionnaire. In the second group, we included 62 second and third year residents that had more than a year of specialty studies. We found that after one year of specialty, the 6 evaluation scales showed a decline in the quality of life, falling from a level considered as very good(3.18) to good (2.73) p < 0.001. However, when we compared these results with the second group, this one didnt have a decline in the quality of life; the most affected parameters were physical function and negative state of mind, with respect to (..) (AU)
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Spain
Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3C: Increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce
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Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
Health problem:
Authority and Accountability for Healthcare Workers
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Goal 3 Human resources for health
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Students, Medical
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Mentors
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Internship and Residency
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Medicine
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Aspects:
Patient-preference
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Educ. méd. (Ed. impr.)
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital General Regional n.°46 Lázaro Cárdenas/México