Determination of anxiety levels by beck anxiety inventoryin emergency medicine residents before and after night duties

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AimAnxiety is a negative feeling accompanied with fear of the worst hap-pening, worries, and stress of unknown origin. This study analyzes the rela-tionship between anxiety and night shifts in emergency service, sex, marital status, substance use, working period as a resident, the institution where physicians work, and working system,with the goal of improving the prevent-able factors.MethodIn this study, we measured the anxiety scores of residents in the Emergency Service before and after shifts using the Beck Anxiety Inventory. The anxiety levels of the residents in three dif-ferent regions of our country were analyzed.Results106 emergency medi-cine residents in total (63%male, 37% female) were included in this study. The anxiety score of the participants was found to be 9.32±10.42 before shifts but 11.51±11.07 after shifts (p<0.05).The Beck anxiety score (B.A.S) of smokers was 9.35±11.82 before shifts, compared to 13.41±11.80 after shifts (p<0.05).The Beck anxiety score of the emergency medicine residents work-ing in university hospitals was measured as 10.00±11.22 before shifts and 14.78±14.04 after shifts(p<0.05).The Beck anxiety score of the emergency medicine residents working in shifts was found to be 8.93±10.33 before shifts and 11.47±11.16 after shifts (p=0.019).ConclusionWe found that the anxiety scores of the emergency medicine residentswere not quite highbe-fore shifts, but that an increase was observed in those scores after shifts.

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