Perfectionism in General Medicine Interns of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2021

Abstract

Background: Perfectionism has positive and negative aspects that can have different consequences for students' personal and academic background. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the Perfectionism score and the role of demographic factors in general medicine interns. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the statistical population of general medicine interns of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in 2020. 200 of them participated in this study using the convenience sampling method and they answered the demographic questionnaire and the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale; FMPS. Independent t-test and Mann-Whitney U test were used using SPSS-19 software. Results: The participation rate was 84.5% (169 people). The negative and positive perfectionism scores were (62.4±12.2) and (45.1±5.5). Students under the age of 25 had higher scores on the of concern over mistakes subscale (P=0.002). Male students had higher scores in the parental expectations (P=0.002) and personal standards (P=0.044). Married students scored higher in the parental expectations (P=0.031) and parental criticism (P=0.002) and lower scores in personal standards (P=0.002). Students with a history of physical illness had higher scores on the personal standards (P=0.006) and lower scores on the organization (P=0.045). In married students, more negative perfectionism (P=0.018) and less positive perfectionism (P=0.018) were reported. Conclusion: The results showed that the score of negative perfectionism is in the middle level and positive perfectionism is in the severe level and demographic factors such as young age, gender and marital status were effective on the components of perfectionism.