Stress-associated diseases among physicians-how effective are interventions to increase resilience?

Background Among physicians there is an increased prevalence of stress-associated diseases like depression or burnout and even an increased risk of suicide and drug abuse. Objectives Can interventions among physicians increase resilience and decrease stress? Materials and methods Systematic review in the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, and Embase between 2011 and 2018. The results from four randomized controlled trials were compared. Results Interventions can increase resilience and decrease stress among physicians. Especially female physicians and physicians with less professional experience seem to benefit from those interventions. Conclusions Due to the fact that even short interventions already have a positive impact, the implementation should be possible in every hospital.