Lifestyle Characteristics during Medical School: A Four-Year Cross-Sectional Study
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 59 (1) , 179-189
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1986.59.1.179
Abstract
A comprehensive questionnaire on lifestyle was completed by 58 of 184 freshmen, 104 of 181 sophomores, 108 of 183 juniors, and 40 of 183 seniors about midway through the fall semester. Generally, seniors exercised most frequently, slept more hours per night, consumed fewer drinks containing caffeine, wore seat belts a higher percentage of the time, and had a greater number of friends they felt close to than did other students. The level of stress was rated higher by preclinical students. Freshmen spent fewer hours on recreational activities. Generally, the freshmen enjoyed medical school more, found medical school to be more challenging, and felt more competent as medical students than did the other students. Over-all, the frequency of dental and medical checkups decreased from the freshman to the senior year.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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