MedPage Today (10/19, DePeau-Wilson) reports, “Longer work hours were associated with progressively higher increases in depression scores for first-year residents, according to” an analysis of “data from 2009 to 2020” encompassing some “17,000 first-year residents.” Investigators found that “residents’ baseline depression scores – using the Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item version (PHQ-9) – went up as working hours increased, indicating a dose-response relationship.” Of these “residents who worked more than 90 hours a week, 33.4% met the criteria for depression,” the study revealed. The findings were published online Oct. 19 in a research letter in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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