Advisory Board August 7, 2024
Nearly 1 in 5 physicians experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, with family medicine physicians experiencing the highest rates of PTSD, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open.
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Study details
For the study, researchers analyzed 57 studies involving more than 28,900 physicians in 25 countries published between December 2019 and November 2022.
The researchers found that 18.3% of physicians experienced pandemic-related PTSD during that period, a number that’s more than three times higher than the general population.
Specifically, PTSD rates were highest among physicians working in family medicine and emergency medicine, followed by physicians working in otolaryngology.
They also found that female physicians were...
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