Predictors of suicidal ideation in UK doctors: retrospective case-control study from NHS Practitioner Health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression severity is a well-established risk factor for suicidal ideation, but the extent to which sociodemographic and employment-related factors contribute independently remains unclear.

Aims

Complete data from doctors (N = 4055) presenting to National Health Service Practitioner Health (NHS-PH) in 2022-2023 were used to test the hypothesis that depression severity is the largest determinant of suicide ideation risk (defined by Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) question 9 score) among doctors.

Method

Using PHQ-8 score (PHQ-9, excluding the item on suicide ideation) as a proxy for depression severity, the case-control discriminatory capacity of receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs) were evaluated for (a) a univariable model studying

SUBMITTER: Kuri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12724124 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature