Association of Depression and Suicidal Ideation with Unreasonable Patient Demands and Complaints Among Japanese Physicians: A National Cross-sectional Survey
Autor: | Rie Akaho, Yoshifumi Nakashima, Eisuke Matsushima, Koji Wada, Aizan Hirai, Michiko Kido, Takahisa Goto, Toru Yoshikawa, Takashi Hosaka |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Attitude of Health Personnel Cross-sectional study Logistic regression Suicidal Ideation Young Adult Japan Physicians Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Young adult Psychiatry Suicidal ideation Applied Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Depressive Disorder Physician-Patient Relations business.industry Stressor Middle Aged Mental health Hospitals Health psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Female medicine.symptom business Stress Psychological |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 18:384-390 |
ISSN: | 1532-7558 1070-5503 |
Popis: | Physicians' mental health can be affected by unreasonable demands and complaints made by patients. The purpose of this study is to determine the association between depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among physicians working in hospitals in Japan and unreasonable patient demands and complaints. We sent an anonymous questionnaire to 10,000 randomly selected physicians working at hospitals who were members of the Japan Medical Association. The anonymous self-report questionnaire sought to determine the number of unreasonable demands and complaints made by patients or their family members reported by physicians in the previous 6 months. Depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation were measured using the Japanese version of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS). Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the associations of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation with reported unreasonable demands and complaints. Among the 3,864 respondents, men (46.3%) reported experiencing unreasonable patient demands and complaints more frequently than women (40.4%). Depressive symptoms were indicated in 8.3% of men and 10.5% of women, and 5.7% of men and 5.8% women were determined to exhibit suicidal ideation. The number of unreasonable demands and complaints in the previous 6 months was significantly associated with depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation for both men and women (P for trend |
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