title: Psychiatry Resident Quality of Life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to evaluate psychiatry resident physician quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  A voluntary, anonymous, 10-min survey was e-mailed to residents from all 14 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited programs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Included in the survey was the Multi-Cultural Quality of Life Inventory (MQLI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Response rate was 112 (34.1%). Internal consistency of the MQLI was high (Cronbach's alpha 0.92), and follow-up exploratory factor analysis extracted only one underlying factor (60.1% variance among all 10 items). Average total MQLI score was 80.6. No significant difference in MQLI total was found for therapy status, sex, or race. Post-graduate year (PGY) 4 residents scored higher on total MQLI score (86.7) (F = 2.80, p = 0.04) and ranked occupational functioning and community and services support subscales significantly higher (occupation F = 2.73, p = 0.048, community F = 3.11, p = 0.030). Total MQLI score for residents over the age of 40 (n = 3) was significantly lower (F = 3.45, p = 0.019).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the stresses of residency training, residents from a variety of programs in one geographic area report an encouraging quality of life on the MQLI. Psychiatry resident quality of life is similar to that reported in other populations of mental health professionals.
authors.affiliation: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. jessica.kovach@tuhs.temple.edu.
authors.forename: Jessica G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kovach
authors.affiliation: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Combs
authors.affiliation: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Harvinder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Dubin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003691:Delaware; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009515:New Jersey; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Emotional problems of trainees; Physician mental health; Physician quality of life; Residents