title: The impact of psychosocial work conditions on attempted and completed suicide among western Canadian sawmill workers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Using a large cohort of western Canadian sawmill workers (n = 28,794), the association between psychosocial work conditions and attempted and completed suicide was investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Records of attempted and completed suicide were accessed through a provincial hospital discharge registry to identify cases that were then matched using a nested case control method. Psychosocial work conditions were estimated by expert raters using the demand-control model. Univariate and multivariate conditional logistic regression was used to estimate the association between work conditions and suicide.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In multivariate models, controlling for sociodemographic (marital status, ethnicity) and occupational confounders (job mobility and duration), low psychological demand was associated with increased odds for completed suicide, and low social support was associated with increased odds for attempted suicides.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study indicates that workers with poor psychosocial working conditions may be at increased risk of both attempted and completed suicide.
authors.affiliation: The University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada. ostry@interchange.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Aleck
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ostry
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tansey
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hershler
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Louie
authors.forename: Clyde
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hertzman
mesh_terms: D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016468:Forestry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace