药剂师和药剂师自杀的国家趋势:发生率和相关特征
Hirsh Makhija1, Judy E Davidson2, Arianna Barnes3
1Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, University of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, and Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
概括
与普通人群相比,药剂师面临的自杀风险更高,而药房技术人员的风险较低. 女性技术人员和男性药剂师尤其容易受到伤害,这凸显了针对性预防策略的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 药剂师和药房技术人员是重要的医疗保健提供者.
- 这些职业中缺乏关于自杀风险的全面数据.
研究的目的:
- 调查和比较药剂师和药房技术人员与普通人口之间的自杀发生率和特征.
- 确定这些专业群体中与自杀相关的特定风险因素和人口差异.
主要方法:
- 利用国家暴力死亡报告系统 (NVDRS) 的2005-2022年数据.
- 使用调整后的Firth逻辑回归分析了自杀发生率 (2011-2022) 和特征 (2005-2022).
- 对药剂师,药房技术人员和普通人口 (≥25岁) 的自杀数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 与普通人群相比,药剂师的自杀风险比一般人群高21% (IRR,1.21).
- 药房技术人员的自杀风险降低了14% (IRR,0.86).
- 男性药剂师和女性药房技术人员与他们各自的普通人口同行相比,显示自杀风险较高.
结论:
- 药剂师和女性药房技术人员被确定为自杀风险较高的群体.
- 研究结果表明,对于这些医疗保健专业人员来说,需要提高意识和量身定制的自杀预防计划.
- 与工作相关的问题在自杀药剂师中更为普遍,而精神健康问题在自杀技术人员中更为普遍.
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