{"pk":15089,"title":"A Positive Depression Screen Is Associated with Emergency Medicine Resident Burnout and Is not Affected by the Implementation of a Wellness Curriculum","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Introduction:\n While burnout is occupation-specific, depression affects individuals comprehensively. Research on interventions for depression in emergency medicine (EM) residents is limited.  \nObjectives:\n We sought to obtain longitudinal data on positive depression screens in EM residents, assess their association with burnout, and determine whether implementation of a wellness curriculum affected the rate of positive screens.\nMethods:\n In February 2017, we administered the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders Patient Health Questionnaire two-question depression screen at 10 EM residencies. At five intervention sites, a year-long wellness curriculum was then introduced while five control sites agreed not to introduce new wellness initiatives during the study period. Study instruments were re-administered in August 2017 and February 2018.\nResults:\n Of 382 residents, 285 participated in February 2017; 40% screened positive for depression. In August 2017, 247/386 residents participated; 27.9% screened positive for depression. In February 2018, 228/386 residents participated; 36.2% screened positive. A positive depression screen was associated with higher burnout. There were similar rates of positive screens at the intervention and control sites. \nConclusion:\n Rates of positive depression screens in EM residents ranged between 27.9% and 40%. Residents with a positive screen reported higher levels of burnout. Rates of a positive screen were unaffected by introduction of a wellness curriculum.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Burnout and Depression"}],"section":"Education","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9vn5c2nm","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Kelly","middle_name":"","last_name":"Williamson","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, Illinois","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Patrick","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Lank","name_suffix":"","institution":"Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, Illinois","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Adriana","middle_name":"","last_name":"Olson","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, Illinois","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Navneet","middle_name":"","last_name":"Cheema","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, Illinois","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Elise","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lovell","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Illinois at Chicago, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, Illinois","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2021-02-02T20:43:59Z","date_accepted":"2021-02-02T20:43:59Z","date_published":"2021-10-26T19:41:25Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/15089/galley/7701/download/"}]}