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Prevalence and individual and work-related factors associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviours among veterinarians in Norway: a cross-sectional, nationwide survey-based study (the NORVET study).
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- Mental Health in Spanish Veterinarians: Emotional Exhaustion, Affective Symptomatology, and Suicidal Ideation.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
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- Is access to euthanasia drugs and moral stress linked to suicide rates in veterinarians? A cross-sectional national survey and network analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Differences in income, workload, and job satisfaction among Hungarian and German veterinarians.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- A Study on Job Satisfaction and Burnout Levels of Veterinarians in Türkiye.Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Article
- Development and longitudinal validation of the Veterinary Stressors Questionnaire.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Suicide prevention for the veterinary profession-a preliminary investigation to explore veterinarians' perceptions of ASIST training for their profession.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- A survey on opinions, perceptions and attitudes of Swedish veterinarians-the Swedish veterinary disciplinary board.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Predictors of suicidal ideation in Italian veterinarians.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Survey on Psychosocial Conditions of Official Veterinarians in Germany: Comparison with Other Professions and Differences between Age Groups, Gender, and Workplace Characteristics.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Veterinarian-Chasing A Dream Job? A Comparative Survey on Wellbeing and Stress Levels among European Veterinarians between 2018 and 2023.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Euthanasia of animals - association with veterinarians' suicidal thoughts and attitudes towards assisted dying in humans: a nationwide cross-sectional survey (the NORVET study).BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
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- A comparison between veterinary small animal general practitioners and emergency practitioners in Australia. Part 1: demographic and work-related factors.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Suicide in veterinary medicine: A literature review.Veterinary world · 2023Review
- Reviewing a Decade of Change for Veterinarians: Past, Present and Gaps in Researching Stress, Coping and Mental Health Risks.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectivesSeveral studies have shown increased suicide rates among veterinarians. We investigated the self-reported prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviours and contributing and independent factors associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviours among veterinarians in Norway.
designCross-sectional, nationwide survey.
participants2596 veterinarians in Norway (response rate: 75%).
main outcome measurePaykel's five-item questionnaire.
resultsIn total, 27% (n=682/2567) of veterinarians in Norway felt that life was not worth living during the last year, 5% (n=139/2562) had serious suicidal thoughts, and 0.2% (n=6/2537) had attempted suicide. Female veterinarians reported significantly higher prevalence of suicidal feelings and thoughts than males. For serious suicidal thoughts, women had nearly twice the prevalence as their male colleagues (6.2% (n=108/1754) vs 3.6% (n=28/766), χ
conclusionsVeterinarians in Norway have relatively high prevalence of suicidal feelings and thoughts, including serious suicidal thoughts. In multivariable analyses, the individual factors were more important than work-related ones, while work problems were the most reported contributing factor to serious suicidal thoughts by the veterinarians themselves. The role of gender and specific work-related factors should be further investigated to better understand the complexity of suicidal behaviour among veterinarians.
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