Working hours, side work, and depressive symptoms in physicians: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Long working hours in Japan is a social concern. This is also true for the working hours of physicians, who often do side work in addition to working at their main hospital. New physician work regulations to be implemented in Japan require work-hour management, including side work. This study examined the association between physicians' overtime and side work hours and their health outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from a survey of working physicians conducted by the Japan Medical Association from 2021 to 2022. Questionnaires completed by 2906 full-time working physicians aged 24-69, excluding junior resident doctors, were analyzed. Depressive symptoms and the presence of thoughts of death or suicide using the Quick Inventory of Dep

SUBMITTER: Okawara M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9717704 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature