Support for Hospital Physicians - From the activities by the Committee for Physicians' Health, the Japan Medical Association

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  • Hosaka Takashi
    Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo Hospital
  • Wada Koji
    Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine
  • Yoshikawa Toru
    Institute for Science of Labour, Kawasaki, Japan
  • Goto Takahisa
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Nakashima Yoshifumi
    Department of Psychiatry, Mitsui Memorial Hospital
  • Hirai Aizan
    Chiba Prefectural Togane Hospital
  • Matsushima Eisuke
    Section of Liaison Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • Akaho Rie
    Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Disease Center Komagome Hospital
  • Kido Michiko
    Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center

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  • 日本医師会「勤務医の健康支援に関するプロジェクト委員会」活動から
  • ニホン イシカイ キンムイ ノ ケンコウ シエン ニ カンスル プロジェクト イインカイ カツドウ カラ

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Abstract

This study was conducted by the Committee for Hospital Physicians' Health, the Japan Medical Association, which was established in June 2008. Ten thousands members of the Japan Medical Association working at hospitals were randomly selected. They were asked to complete and return a self-reported questionnaire which included the Japanese version of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS). As a result, the response rate was 40.6%. Half of the responders took holidays less than 4 days per month, and they encountered one and more unreasonable demands and/or complaints from their patients/families during last 6 months. Among the respondents, 8.4% of men and 10.6% of women were identified with depressive symptoms. Especially, 1.9% of them were found to be severely depressed. After this investigation, the committee provided three-month e-mail and one-day telephone consultation service. The committee received 10 e-mails during the three month period, but no responses were received by telephone. This result indicates that physicians are less likely to talk about their health problems, especially mental problems with other professionals. Some different support systems should be considered.

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