ArticleInternal medicine journal2021
Workplace stress, common mental disorder and suicidal ideation in junior doctors.
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- Pooled it
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- A qualitative study of academic bullying among junior doctors in Sierra Leone.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Testing the Effectiveness of a Mobile Smartphone App Designed to Improve the Mental Health of Junior Physicians: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Psychosocial risk factors of youth suicide in the Western Pacific: a scoping review.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Suicidal ideation and their relationship with job satisfaction and job strain among Jordanian hospitals' healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Role of stressful life events and personality traits on the prevalence of wish to die among French physicians.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Working conditions, psychological distress and suicidal ideation: cross-sectional survey study of UK junior doctors.BJPsych open · 2023Article
- Thoughts of suicide or self-harm among Australian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- Strategies Australian junior doctors use to maintain their mental, physical and social well-being: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of a multi-modal hospital-wide doctor mental health and wellness intervention.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- 'The hardest job I've ever done': a qualitative exploration of the factors affecting junior doctors' mental health and well-being during medical training in Australia.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Mental illness and suicide among physicians.Lancet (London, England) · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundDoctors-in-training report elevated rates of mental disorders and high levels of stress. Whilst a number of work-related sources of stress have been identified in the medical profession, it remains unclear as to the relative importance of workplace stressors for mental ill-health in junior doctors.
aimsTo examine workplace stressors reported by junior doctors and identify variables associated with adverse mental health outcomes.
methodsCross-sectional analysis of national 2013 survey of Australian doctors focussing on junior medical officers (N = 3053; 24.9% of total sample). Primary outcomes were caseness of common mental disorder (CMD) and suicidal ideation in the past year.
resultsPerceived level of conflict between study/career and family/personal responsibility (OR = 3.76, 95% CI: 2.61-5.43; P < 0.01) and sleep deprivation (OR = 2.19, 95% CI: 1.46-3.28; P < 0.01) were significantly associated with CMD, while perceived level of conflict between study/career and family/personal responsibility (OR = 3.13, 95% CI: 1.78-5.50; P < 0.01) and bullying (OR = 2.92, 95% CI: 1.42-6.03; P < 0.01) were most strongly associated with suicidal ideation in adjusted models.
conclusionThis study identifies modifiable workplace variables that are influential in junior doctors' mental health, and in doing so, provides meaningful evidence-informed targets for future interventions to prevent suicide and mental disorder in this population.
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