Suicidal ideation and suicide commitment in Health Care Workers during COVID-19 pandemic: a review of the literature
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Introduction: Suicide represents an important public health concern since it leads to more annual deaths globally than violence, war and natural disasters combined. It is evident that during this pandemic year the phenomenon acquires even greater importance especially in the categories at risk, such as health care workers (HCWs). The aim of this review is to analyze literature evidence regarding health care providers' suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide commitment during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: International databases and digital worldwide media reports were screened between March 2020 and March 2021. The authors conducted a systematic review and described evidence using a narrative approach with some focus points based on the PICO framework. Inclusion or exclusion of literature is done according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) recommendations. Results: What emerged is a range of SI that varies from 4 to 8% and the main risk factors seem to be loneliness, not having children and personal history of mental disorders. Conclusion: SI, and in worst cases suicide commitment, seem mental health outcomes not to be underestimated, especially in an emergency that is protracting. They require monitoring by health surveillance systems with a goal of prevention and support.
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Studies evaluating the use of alcohol by health care professionals are scarce, and data on this matter are often underestimated owing to the tendency to disregard the problem.
“Nevertheless, studies evaluating the use of alcohol by health care professionals are scarce, and there are often underestimated data on this matter owing to the tendency to disregard the problem, caused by the fear of consequences in the work sphere and professional status [6, 8, 16, 17].”
From A Medical Resident with a History of Alcohol Abuse and Suicidal Ideation: A Challenge for Both Psychiatry and Occupational Medicine in the Context of the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022) · cites this paper as [16]
The Discussion says healthcare workers may underestimate mental-health symptoms and that studies of suicidal ideation are few; it also discusses alcohol use as a suicide risk factor. It does not say that studies of healthcare professionals’ alcohol use are scarce or that alcohol-use data are underestimated because professionals disregard the problem. Searches for alcohol-use studies, underreporting, and professional consequences found no passage addressing those points; page numbers were unavailable. (LLM, conf=0.73)
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“Nevertheless, studies evaluating the use of alcohol by health care professionals are scarce, and there are often underestimated data on this matter owing to the tendency to disregard the problem, caused by the fear of consequences in the work sphere and professional status [6, 8, 16, 17].”
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- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
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- suicidal ideation, healthcare workers, COVID-19 pandemic, workplace mental health, loneliness, childlessness, history of mental illness, suicide risk factors, suicide prevention, health surveillance
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