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Depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk in German veterinary medical students compared to the German general population

BACKGROUND: Various studies from different countries indicated that veterinarians have a significantly increased risk of depression, suicidal ideation and of death by suicide. For German veterinarians a recent study has demonstrated a three times higher rate for depression, two times higher rate for...

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Autores principales: Schunter, Nadine, Glaesmer, Heide, Lucht, Luise, Bahramsoltani, Mahtab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9384977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35976912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270912
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author Schunter, Nadine
Glaesmer, Heide
Lucht, Luise
Bahramsoltani, Mahtab
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description BACKGROUND: Various studies from different countries indicated that veterinarians have a significantly increased risk of depression, suicidal ideation and of death by suicide. For German veterinarians a recent study has demonstrated a three times higher rate for depression, two times higher rate for suicidal ideation and a five times higher suicide risk compared to the German general population. For veterinary students, recent studies in the US and UK indicated higher mental distress. To date, empirical studies on depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk among veterinary students in Germany were lacking so far. This study investigates depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk of veterinary students in Germany. METHODS: 913 German veterinary students (14.3% response rate, 90.7% women, mean age 23.6 years) between 18 and 46 years were included and compared with representative German general population samples from 2007 (N = 1097, 55.4% women, mean age 33.9) and 2015 (N = 1033, 56.1% women, mean age 32.8) of the same age range using the depression module of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Suicide Behaviors questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R). The general population samples were collected with the assistance of a demographic consulting company. RESULTS: The prevalence of depression among German veterinary students was 45.9% (compared to 3.2% in the general population), suicidal ideation was 19.9% (compared to 4.5% in the general population) and suicide risk was 24.0% (compared to 6.6% in the general population). CONCLUSION: In this study, German veterinary students have a 22.1 times higher risk to be screened positive for depression, a 4 times higher risk for reporting current suicidal ideation and they are 4.2 times more likely to have an increased suicide risk compared with the general population in Germany of the same age range.
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spelling pubmed-93849772022-08-18 Depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk in German veterinary medical students compared to the German general population Schunter, Nadine Glaesmer, Heide Lucht, Luise Bahramsoltani, Mahtab PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Various studies from different countries indicated that veterinarians have a significantly increased risk of depression, suicidal ideation and of death by suicide. For German veterinarians a recent study has demonstrated a three times higher rate for depression, two times higher rate for suicidal ideation and a five times higher suicide risk compared to the German general population. For veterinary students, recent studies in the US and UK indicated higher mental distress. To date, empirical studies on depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk among veterinary students in Germany were lacking so far. This study investigates depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk of veterinary students in Germany. METHODS: 913 German veterinary students (14.3% response rate, 90.7% women, mean age 23.6 years) between 18 and 46 years were included and compared with representative German general population samples from 2007 (N = 1097, 55.4% women, mean age 33.9) and 2015 (N = 1033, 56.1% women, mean age 32.8) of the same age range using the depression module of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Suicide Behaviors questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R). The general population samples were collected with the assistance of a demographic consulting company. RESULTS: The prevalence of depression among German veterinary students was 45.9% (compared to 3.2% in the general population), suicidal ideation was 19.9% (compared to 4.5% in the general population) and suicide risk was 24.0% (compared to 6.6% in the general population). CONCLUSION: In this study, German veterinary students have a 22.1 times higher risk to be screened positive for depression, a 4 times higher risk for reporting current suicidal ideation and they are 4.2 times more likely to have an increased suicide risk compared with the general population in Germany of the same age range. Public Library of Science 2022-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9384977/ /pubmed/35976912 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270912 Text en © 2022 Schunter et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Glaesmer, Heide
Lucht, Luise
Bahramsoltani, Mahtab
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title Depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk in German veterinary medical students compared to the German general population
title_full Depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk in German veterinary medical students compared to the German general population
title_fullStr Depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk in German veterinary medical students compared to the German general population
title_full_unstemmed Depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk in German veterinary medical students compared to the German general population
title_short Depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk in German veterinary medical students compared to the German general population
title_sort depression, suicidal ideation and suicide risk in german veterinary medical students compared to the german general population
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9384977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35976912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270912
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