[Are physicians also sick? Results of a survey carried out in French-speaking Switzerland and Tessin].
The results are presented of a study among 466 physicians in French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland concerning their own health. It emerged that 77.7% of the physicians had had at least one disease during the year studied; in 50% of cases the morbidity was linked to stress and emotivity. Cardiovascular pathology was significantly higher than in the average population. The results reveal striking differences between the different categories of physicians: hospital doctors had more cardiovascular diseases and fewer infectious and pulmonary diseases than physicians running a private practice. Psychiatrists have a higher morbidity rate than the average. General practitioners, psychiatrists and surgeons appear to be especially exposed to stress and emotivity. Pediatricians suffer less from this group of diseases but present a morbidity correlated with that seen in practice, suggesting transmission from patient to doctor.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D007325:Institutional Practice; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D010820:Physicians; D011331:Private Practice; D011570:Psychiatry; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D013557:Switzerland
Les médecins sont-ils aussi malades? Résultats d'une enquête effectuée en Suisse romande et au Tessin.