Personality Change During Medical Residency

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01574924
• Recruitment Status: Unknown
• First Posted: April 10, 2012
• Last Update Posted: April 16, 2012
• Sponsor: University of Coimbra
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Fernanda Cristina Ordens Miguel, University of Coimbra

Study Description

Brief Summary:

The Ethics Committee of Hospital and University Center of Coimbra (Portugal) complies, reports and is supervisioned by the Portuguese Ethics Committee.

The Ethics Committee of Hospital and University Center of Coimbra is an multidisciplinary organ of Ethics experts that give support to the board of hospital directors, the health personnel and patients, regarding bioethical issues emerging from clinical assistance activities (addressed to patient's health being, education and clinical research).

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment
Personality; Coping Skills	Other: No intervention.

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Estimated Enrollment: 600 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Official Title: Personality Change During Medical Residency Across Different Medical Specialties
• Study Start Date: April 2012
• Estimated Primary Completion Date: October 2018

Groups and Cohorts

Group/Cohort	Intervention/treatment
Medical residents	Other: No intervention.; There are no interventions in this observational study.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

1. Personality [ Time Frame: First assessment: 1st month of medical specialty. Second (final) assessment: 1st month after medical specialty final exam [4, 5, 6 (or more) years after the 1st evaluation, according to the time taken to complete medical residency]. ]
   Change in the facets of personality domains (Neuroticism, Extroversion and Conscientiousness) measure with the portuguese version (Lima et al) of NEO PI-R (Costa & McCrae).

Secondary Outcome Measures :

1. Perfectionism [ Time Frame: First assessment: 1st month of medical specialty. Second (final) assessment: 1st month after medical specialty final exam [4, 5, 6 (or more) years after the 1st evaluation, according to the time taken to complete medical residency]. ]
   Baseline (and changes)in Perfectionism measured using the portuguese version (Soares et al) of Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Frost)
2. Problem Solving Inventory (Vaz Serra et al) [ Time Frame: First assessment: 1st month of medical specialty. Second (final) assessment: 1st month after medical specialty final exam [4, 5, 6 (or more) years after the 1st evaluation, according to the time taken to complete medical residency]. ]

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 23 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All portuguese medical (first year) residents will be invited to participate in the study (target population).

Targeted enrollment stategies will be used to recruit participants (individual invitation emails). Also, the study will be disclosed in some social networks. The research team has created a proper email account (personalidade.internato@gmail.com) to answer any questions and to change email with the participants of the study.

To those who accepted and consent to participate (study population), it will be send the online link to create a confidential account and access (and to give answers to the questionnaires).

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical residents with ages between 23 and 45 years old, attending the first year of medical specialty in Portugal in the following specialties*: General Surgery, Neurosurgery; Orthopedics; Intern Medicine, Gastroenterology; Cardiology; Rheumatology; Endocrinology; Oncology; Intensive Medicine; Pediatric; Radiology; Clinical Pathology; Neurology and Psychiatry.
• Acceptance and commitment to participate in the study.
• Signature of study' informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Attendance, during the study, in an international formative stage with a duration superior to 12 months.
• Previous attendance of other medical specialty for more than one year.
• Present or past history of major psychiatry disorders (illicit drug abuse with dependence, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder)

Contacts and Locations

Contacts

Contact: Fernanda O Miguel, MD; (+351)961031769; miguel_fernanda@yahoo.com

Locations

Portugal

Department of Psychiatry at Hospitalar and Universitary Center of Coimbra, EPE

Coimbra, Portugal, 3000-075

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Coimbra

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Fernanda Miguel, MD; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Fernanda Miguel, MD; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Eva Mendes, MD; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Susana Renca, MD; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Joana Andrade, MD; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Sandra Pereira, MD; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Catarina Pereira, MD; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Helena Rita, MD; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Joaquim Cerejeira, MD. Ph D; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Ana Cabral, MD; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Salomé Caldeira, Clinical Psychologist; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE
• Study Chair: Maria Soares, Ph D; Institute of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
• Study Chair: Telma Pereira, PhD; Institute of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra
• Study Director: António Macedo, MD. PhD; Institute of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra; Department of Psychiatry at Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, EPE

More Information

• Responsible Party: Fernanda Cristina Ordens Miguel, MD, University of Coimbra
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01574924
• Other Study ID Numbers: PERINT-01
• First Posted: April 10, 2012
• Last Update Posted: April 16, 2012
• Last Verified: April 2012

Keywords provided by Fernanda Cristina Ordens Miguel, University of Coimbra:

Personality change; Perfectionism; Coping; Medical Specialty; Medical Residency

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Personality Disorders; Mental Disorders