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NCT01809080

Intern Health Study

Enrolling by Invitation
Not specifiedAll AgesObservational
University of Michigan
~25,000 participants
Updated 2025-07-01 on ClinicalTrials.gov

At a glance

Recruiting sites
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What they're measuring
Assess the change in rates of depression among medical interns.
Measured over Months 0, 3, 6, and 12 of Intern Year

Conditions

Depression

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Michigan1

Study leadership

  • Srijan Sen, MD, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Michigan

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Subjects for our study will be drawn from incoming interns in the traditional and primary care internal medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, neurology and psychiatry residency programs at participating University and Community residency programs, as well as fourth year medical students at participating medical schools.

Exclusion

None.

What this trial measures

  • Assess the change in rates of depression among medical interns.Months 0, 3, 6, and 12 of Intern Year

    The point prevalence of depression at various points through internship will be determined using subject responses to DSM-IV major depression items at the 0, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month assessments. To investigate whether there is a significant change in depressive symptoms through intern year, the investigators will compare PHQ (baseline) and PHQ (6 month) depression scores through a paired T-test. The effect of baseline psychological traits (neuroticism, resilience, personal history of depression, family history of depression, early family environment, social supports) on the development of depression will also be explored through linear regression analyses with each of the psychological factors as independent variables and PHQ (change) \[PHQ (6 month) - PHQ (baseline)\] as the dependent variable. The investigators will use linear regression to investigate correlations between training program characteristics (average work hours, specialty) and PHQ (change).