Physical and psychological health of medical students involved in the coronavirus disease 2019 response in Switzerland

Oriane Aebischer; Sonja Weilenmann; David Gachoud; Marie Méan; Tobias Raphael Spiller

doi:10.4414/smw.2020.20418

Physical and psychological health of medical students involved in the coronavirus disease 2019 response in Switzerland

Swiss Med Wkly. 2020 Dec 11:150:w20418. doi: 10.4414/smw.2020.20418. eCollection 2020 Nov 30.

Authors

Oriane Aebischer¹, Sonja Weilenmann², David Gachoud³, Marie Méan¹, Tobias Raphael Spiller⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland.
² Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland / Educational Unit, School of Medicine, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland / Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

PMID: 33306812
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2020.20418

Abstract

Students involved in the COVID-19 response reported a similar proportion of COVID-19 symptoms or confirmed diagnoses, but lower levels of anxiety, depression and burnout compared with their non-involved peers.

MeSH terms

Access to Information
Adult
Anxiety / epidemiology
Anxiety / psychology*
Burnout, Professional / epidemiology
Burnout, Professional / psychology*
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / therapy*
Depression / epidemiology
Depression / psychology*
Female
Health Status
Humans
Internship and Residency
Male
Medical Staff, Hospital / psychology*
Medical Staff, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Mental Health
Patient Health Questionnaire
Personal Protective Equipment / supply & distribution
SARS-CoV-2
Self Report
Students, Medical / psychology*
Students, Medical / statistics & numerical data
Switzerland / epidemiology
Young Adult