Suicide Risk Burnout and Risky Alcohol Use Among Physicians

• Published in: Forbes Journal of Medicine Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 211 - 217
• Main Authors: kılıç, Osman hasantahsin, aksoy, İhsan, ANIL, Murat, VAROL, Umut, VAROL, Yelda, KIRCI DALLIOĞLU, Çiğdem, ÇETİN, Afra Sevde, MUMCU, Ece, ÜSTÜN, Nida, KOCUR, Çağla, BAYRAM, Zehra Nur, MUNİS, Nazlı Deniz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Galenos Yayinevi 25.07.2023
• Subjects: burnout; risky alcohol use; suicide
• ISSN: 2717-9443; 2757-5241
• DOI: 10.4274/forbes.galenos.2023.83702

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between risky alcohol use, burnout, and suicide in physicians. Methods: An online questionnaire (SurveyMonkey®) including the Sociodemographic Data Form, Maslach Burnout Inventory, Addiction Profile Index Risk Screening (APIRS), and Suicide Probability Scale (SPS) was created. Results: Two hundred eighty-five physicians took the survey. It was determined that 49 of the physicians (17.2%) were high-risk alcohol users. SPS scores of residents (p=0.014), physicians without children (p=0.019), physicians with a history of suicide attempt (p=0.034) and psychiatric treatment (p=0.001) were found to be significantly higher. Suicide probability scores were weakly correlated with APIRSalcohol scores (rho: 0.138, p=0.02) and highly correlated with burnout scores (r=0.718, p=0.001). Conclusion: Structural and organizational measures should be taken to decrease burnout in physicians, and preventive public health services should be increased to reduce alcohol use in physicians.