The suicide mortality of working physicians and dentists

Petersen, Martin R.; Burnett, Carol A.

doi:10.1093/occmed/kqm117

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“…Although the suicide rate of white women was only around half of the high rate compared to their male colleagues, such rate was approximately twice higher than the normal working population [32]. These female physicians had a Suicide Rates Ratio (SRR) of 52.10 compared with working professionals, which was still statistically high [32].…”

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Suicide among Physicians and Methodological Similarities of MEDLINE/PubMED and BVS/BIREME Open Access Bibliographic Databases: A Systematic Review with Metanalysis

Damasceno¹,

Barbosa²,

Pimentel³

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Background: Suicide among physicians is a serious public health issue, with an extremely complex and multifactorial behavior. Aim: The aim of this study was to use the theme "Suicide among Physicians" to exemplify the analysis of methodological similarities between the scientific content available at MEDLINE and BVS databases, as scientific research tools. Methods: This is a systematic review with metanalysis. The following combinations of keywords were used for data search in the referred databases: "suicide" AND "physicians" AND "public heath". Results: Three hundred and thirteen publications were identified, but only 16 studies were chosen. Great association was found between MEDLINE and BVS databases and the Odds Ratio regarding the theme: "Suicide among physicians". Conclusions: Considering the similarities found in the utilization of the two analyzed databases, it was possible to identify that suicide among physicians is associated with the exercise of an important professional role in the society and in the workplace. With regard to scientific information, the p-value-obtained value (<0.05) seems to be staHow to cite this paper: Damasceno, K.S., de Sousa Barbosa, É., Pimentel, J.V.C., Teixeira Júnior, A.G., de Meneses, A.C.P., Gonçalves Júnior, J., de Sousa, D.F., da Costa Lima, P.S., Sales, I.B., Gouveia, A.S., Biruel, E.P., Neto, M.L.R. and do Nascimento, 353tistically significant for the association between the suggested theme and the methodological similarities of the scientific information available in the analyzed databases. Thus, these open-access research tools are considered scientific reliable tools.

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“…These female physicians had a Suicide Rates Ratio (SRR) of 52.10 compared with working professionals, which was still statistically high [32].…”

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Suicide among Physicians and Methodological Similarities of MEDLINE/PubMED and BVS/BIREME Open Access Bibliographic Databases: A Systematic Review with Metanalysis

Damasceno¹,

Barbosa²,

Pimentel³

et al. 2017

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“…Tudi rezultati študije trendov količnikov samomora v 26 evropskih državah v letih 1980-2008(Yur'yev, Värnik, Värnik, Sisask in Leppik, 2012 kažejo na pozitivno povezanost med količnikom samomora in brezposelnostjo v večini držav. V nekaterih državah, med katerimi je bila tudi Slovenija, avtorji takšne povezanosti niso odkrili, kar bi lahko bilo po njihovem mnenju povezano s pomembnimi spremembami na trgu dela v obravnavanem obdobju (npr.…”

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“…zdravnikih, medicinskih sestrah, zobozdravnikih, farmacevtih, veterinarjih ter kirurgih, so sicer ugotovile številne raziskave (Hawton, Agerbo, Simkin, Platt in Mellanby, 2011;Lindfors, Meretoja, Luukkonen, Elovainio in Leino, 2009;Petersen in Burnett, 2008;Platt, Hawton, Simkin in Mellanby, 2012;Schernhammer in Colditz, 2004;Skegg, Firth, Gray in Cox, 2010;Wolfersdorf, 2007), a njihovi rezultati niso povsem konsistentni (Hawton idr., 2011), poleg tega se ogroženost spreminja skozi različna časovna obdobja (Roberts idr., 2013;Rosta in Aasland, 2013). Nekateri avtorji ugotavljajo T. Podlogar povišano tveganje za samomor znotraj medicinskih poklicev predvsem pri ženskah (Braquehais idr., 2014;Kolves in De Leo, 2013;Platt idr., 2012;Wolfersdorf, 2007), drugi pa so odkrili razlike glede na starost zdravnikov, pri čemer količnik samomora s starostjo raste predvsem pri moških zdravnikih, pri pa ženskah manj (Petersen in Burnett, 2008). Meta-analiza je pokazala zmerno povečano tveganje za samomor med moškimi zdravniki in visoko povečanje tveganja med zdravnicami, vendar avtorji zaradi možnosti pristranskosti objavljenih člankov opozarjajo na potrebo po obsežnejših študijah (Schernhammer in Colditz, 2004).…”

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Z delom povezani dejavniki tveganja za samomorilno vedenje, varovalni dejavniki in možnosti preventivnega delovanja

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Slovenski center za raziskovanje samomora, Inštitut Andrej Marušič, Univerza na Primorskem Povzetek: Delo je kot pomemben vidik posameznikovega življenja v odraslosti tesno povezano z zdravjem in duševnim zdravjem. Vidiki poklica, dela in zaposlitve lahko predstavljajo dejavnike tveganja za razvoj samomorilnega vedenja ali varovalne dejavnike, ki zmanjšujejo verjetnost le-tega. Namen prispevka je predstaviti poznane dejavnike tveganja za samomorilno vedenje in varovalne dejavnike, povezane z delom oz. zaposlitvijo, ter možnosti preventivnega delovanja v tem kontekstu. Pomemben dejavnik tveganja za samomorilno vedenje predstavlja brezposelnost. Povezanost med brezposelnostjo in samomorilnostjo je kompleksna in zanjo obstajata dve razlagi: (i) predhodna ranljivost naj bi vodila tako v brezposelnost kot samomorilno vedenje, (ii) hkrati pa naj bi bila povezanost do neke mere tudi vzročne narave. Obravnavana tematika je zelo pomembna v času ekonomske recesije, ko je stopnja brezposelnosti visoka in prihaja do neugodnih sprememb v pogojih dela. S samomorilnim vedenjem so povezani tudi različni psihosocialni in drugi pogoji dela. Učinkovite preventivne dejavnosti vključujejo pristope na več ravneh: aktivno politiko reševanja ekonomske krize in izboljšanja razmer na trgu dela, ustvarjanje in vzdrževanje spodbudnih delovnih pogojev, ozaveščanje in krepitev duševnega zdravja zaposlenih, izobraževanje vratarjev sistema ter preprečevanje dostopa do sredstev za samomor pri poklicih z dostopom do njih. Zaradi kompleksnosti samomorilnega vedenja se na tem področju kažejo potrebe po nadaljnjih raziskavah, ki bi pripomogle k boljšemu razumevanju specifičnih dejavnikov tveganja in zlasti varovalnih dejavnikov v ogroženih skupinah.Ključne besede: samomor, delo, zaposlitev, dejavniki tveganja, preventiva Work-related risk factors for suicidal behaviour, protective factors and possibilities for preventionTina Podlogar Slovene center for suicide research, Andrej Marušič Institute, University of Primorska, Slovenia Abstract: Work is an important part of adult life. As such it is closely connected to health and mental health. Aspects of occupation, work and employment can represent risk factors for suicidal behaviour or protective factors against it. Aim of this article is to present the known work-related risk factors for suicidal behaviour, protective factors and possibilities for preventive activities in this context. An important risk factor for suicidal behaviour is unemployment. Connection between unemployment and suicidality is complex and can be explained in two ways: (i) underlying vulnerability leads to both unemployment and suicidal behaviour, while (ii) the connection is also thought be causal to some extent. The addressed topic is very important in the period of economic recession, when unemployment rates are high and adverse changes in terms of working conditions can occur. Different psycho-social and other working conditions are also connected to suicidal behaviour. Efficient preventive activities include approaches on m...

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“…3 Increased stressors may partially explain why physicians have one of the highest suicide rates of any profession, at 300 to 400 cases a year. 4 In the past few years, several dissatisfied physicians, residents, and students have contacted the authors about the state of health care. A handful of these orthopedic residents and medical students have created accounts on websites like Dropoutclub.org, which matches physicians with business jobs.…”

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