Work related sexual harassment and risk of suicide and suicide attempts: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse the relation between exposure to workplace sexual harassment and suicide, as well as suicide attempts.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Sweden.

Participants

86 451 men and women of working age in paid work across different occupations responded to a self-report questionnaire including exposure to work related sexual harassment between 1995 and 2013. The analytical sample included 85 205 people with valid data on sexual harassment, follow-up time, and age.

Main outcome measures

Suicide and suicide attempts ascertained from administrative registers (mean follow-up time 13 years).

Results

Among the people included in the respective analyses of suicide and suicide attempts, 125 (0.1%) died from suicide and 816 (1%) had a s

SUBMITTER: Magnusson Hanson LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7463167 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature