Neuroenhancement and mental health in students from four faculties - a cross-sectional questionnaire study.

IF 1.5 Q2 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES GMS Journal for Medical Education Pub Date : 2024-02-15 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.3205/zma001664
Maurice Hajduk, Elena Tiedemann, Marcel Romanos, Anne Simmenroth
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Background: Students face great challenges at the beginning of and during their studies. Competitive experience, exam anxiety, and especially the new performance requirements often cause test anxiety and stressful experiences. The extent of substance use in terms of neuroenhancement (NE) is unclear. Evidence shows associations between NE, increased stress levels, and mental health.

Objectives: We aim to determine the prevalence of NE and alcohol and tobacco use among college students. We also investigate the associations between NE and ADHD, anxiety, depression, and stress experience.

Methods: In spring 2021, an anonymous online cross-sectional survey was conducted among students of medicine, dentistry, business economics, and business informatics in Würzburg. The survey included the instruments ASRS (ADHD), PSS-10 (stress), PHQ-4 (depression and anxiety), and AUDIT-C (alcohol comsumption), as well as questions about consumption patterns, prior knowledge, and reasons for NE.

Results: Of the 5564 students who were invited to participate, 1010 completed the questionnaire (18.2%). Of these, 12.4% indicated NE for the studied period. NE was used in particular during preparations for exams, to enhance performance, and/or to regulate emotions, most commonly through caffeine tablets, cannabis, and methylphenidate. NE was associated with risky use of alcohol or tobacco, and to a lesser extent with ADHD symptoms and stress experience.Conclusions: Students are at risk of substance abuse and NE. Effective stress management and prevention approaches as well as low-threshold services are needed to identify and support students with risk profiles.

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四个院系学生的神经增强与心理健康--横断面问卷调查研究。
背景:学生在学习之初和学习期间都面临着巨大的挑战。竞争经验、考试焦虑,尤其是新的成绩要求,往往会引起考试焦虑和压力体验。就神经强化(NE)而言,使用药物的程度尚不清楚。有证据表明,NE、压力水平增加和心理健康之间存在关联:我们旨在确定大学生中 NE 和烟酒使用的普遍程度。我们还调查了 NE 与多动症、焦虑症、抑郁症和压力体验之间的关联:2021 年春季,我们对维尔茨堡医学、牙科、商业经济学和商业信息学专业的学生进行了匿名在线横断面调查。调查内容包括:ASRS(多动症)、PSS-10(压力)、PHQ-4(抑郁和焦虑)、AUDIT-C(饮酒),以及关于饮酒模式、先前知识和NE原因的问题:在应邀参加调查的 5564 名学生中,有 1010 人(18.2%)完成了问卷调查。其中 12.4%的学生表示在研究期间使用过 NE。NE 主要用于备考、提高成绩和/或调节情绪,最常见的是通过咖啡因片、大麻和哌醋甲酯。NE 与酗酒或吸烟的风险有关,在较小程度上与多动症症状和压力体验有关:结论:学生有滥用药物和 NE 的风险。需要有效的压力管理和预防方法以及低门槛服务来识别和支持有风险的学生。
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GMS Journal for Medical Education
GMS Journal for Medical Education EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES-
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30
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25 weeks
期刊介绍: GMS Journal for Medical Education (GMS J Med Educ) – formerly GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung – publishes scientific articles on all aspects of undergraduate and graduate education in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy and other health professions. Research and review articles, project reports, short communications as well as discussion papers and comments may be submitted. There is a special focus on empirical studies which are methodologically sound and lead to results that are relevant beyond the respective institution, profession or country. Please feel free to submit qualitative as well as quantitative studies. We especially welcome submissions by students. It is the mission of GMS Journal for Medical Education to contribute to furthering scientific knowledge in the German-speaking countries as well as internationally and thus to foster the improvement of teaching and learning and to build an evidence base for undergraduate and graduate education. To this end, the journal has set up an editorial board with international experts. All manuscripts submitted are subjected to a clearly structured peer review process. All articles are published bilingually in English and German and are available with unrestricted open access. Thus, GMS Journal for Medical Education is available to a broad international readership. GMS Journal for Medical Education is published as an unrestricted open access journal with at least four issues per year. In addition, special issues on current topics in medical education research are also published. Until 2015 the journal was published under its German name GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung. By changing its name to GMS Journal for Medical Education, we wish to underline our international mission.
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