title: Health of Psychiatry Residents: Nutritional Status, Physical Activity, and Mental Health.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to analyze mental health, nutritional status, and physical activity in psychiatry residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-two residents were invited and 59 participated (95.2% response). Depressive, anxious, and social phobic symptoms; alcohol use; and nicotine dependence were measured. Body mass index and lifestyle were also evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Almost half of psychiatry residents were overweight or obese, and 61% reported a sedentary lifestyle. Furthermore, 33.9% of residents had high scores for anxiety; 30.5% for social phobia; and 19% for depression. In addition, 81.4% reported alcohol use, and 22% had harmful alcohol use. High scores for anxiety were associated with lower attention and worse relationship with preceptors, and high scores of depressive symptoms were related to a worse relationship with patients and preceptors. Anxiety was associated with depressive symptoms (p < 0.001) and social phobia (p = 0.006).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of this study highlight high rates of overweight/obesity, physical inactivity, and depressive and anxiety symptoms in psychiatric residents.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. matcarv01@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Matias Carvalho Aguiar
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Veralice Meireles Sales
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: de Bruin
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: das Chagas Medeiros
authors.affiliation: Public Health School of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Abraão Pinheiro
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.affiliation: Public Health School of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alexandre Bastos
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Francesco Daher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Medical education; Mental health; Nutrition; Physical activity; Psychiatry