Background

Neurophobia is a chronic disease of medical students and junior doctors. Early detection is needed to facilitate prevention and management as this fear can negatively impact patient care.

Methods

We conducted a two-part mono-centric study at the faculty of Medicine, Sorbonne University, in Paris. Part one: a cross-sectional study to validate a newly constructed neurophobia scale, NeuroQ. Part two: a prospective longitudinal study to assess the impact of The Move on student neurophobia using NeuroQ. A population-based sample of second-year medical students of the 2019 and 2020 class of the Faculty of Medicine of Sorbonne University were invited to participate.

Results

NeuroQ incorporates the main themes of the neurophobia definition and demonstrates uni-dimensionality. Three hundred and ninety-five medical students participated in the study (mean age was 20.0 years, SD: 2.1 years) assessing the effect of The Move teaching on neurophobia. Two hundred and eighty-eight (72.9%) students were female. After the Move teaching the mean NeuroQ score was significantly lower compared to the baseline NeuroQ score (mean [SD] variation, −1.1 [2.6], p < 0.001). There was a 22.3% relative reduction in the number of neurophobic students after The Move teaching.

Conclusion

Our results highlight the utility of NeuroQ in assessing (i) baseline neurophobia and (ii) the impact of pre-clinical educational interventions on neurophobia. Furthermore, we have shown the importance of pre-clinical educational interventions, such as The Move, in tackling neurophobia.

中文翻译：

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NeuroQ：神经恐惧症筛选工具评估角色扮演如何挑战神经恐惧症

背景

神经恐惧症是医学生和初级医生的慢性病。需要尽早发现以促进预防和管理，因为这种担心会对患者的护理产生负面影响。

方法

我们在巴黎的索邦大学医学院进行了两部分的单中心研究。第一部分：一项横断面研究，以验证新构建的神经恐惧症量表NeuroQ。第二部分：前瞻性纵向研究，使用NeuroQ评估《移动》对学生神经恐惧症的影响。索邦大学医学院2019年和2020年课程的第二年医学生的人口样本被邀请参加。

结果

NeuroQ包含了神经恐惧症定义的主要主题，并展示了一维性。395名医学生参加了这项研究（平均年龄20.0岁，标准差：2.1岁），评估了“移动”教学对神经恐惧症的效果。288名（72.9％）学生是女性。Move教学后，平均NeuroQ得分明显低于基线NeuroQ得分（平均[SD]变异，-1.1 [2.6]，p  <0.001）。“移动”教学后，患有神经恐惧症的学生人数相对减少了22.3％。

结论

我们的结果突出了NeuroQ在评估（i）基线神经恐惧症和（ii）临床前教育干预措施对神经恐惧症的影响方面的实用性。此外，我们已经显示了临床前教育干预措施（例如The Move）在应对神经恐惧症方面的重要性。