Research on the current status of mental health of Japanese anesthesiologists and strategies for their support

我们在2011年和2013年进行了一项关于日本麻醉师心理健康的全国性调查。调查问卷向2500名麻醉师发出，他们是从日本麻醉师协会的大约10,000名成员中随机挑选出来的。我们发现，9.6%的受访者表现出中度到重度的抑郁症状，6.4%的受访者每周都会多次想到死亡或自杀。这些结果与之前对所有专科医生进行的调查结果相似。然而，2013年，中到重度抑郁症状的发生率下降到6.4%，对死亡和自杀的想法下降到4.4%。我们的结论是，在过去的3年里，日本麻醉师的心理健康状况有所改善。

We conducted a national survey in 2011 and 2013 regarding the mental health of anesthesiologists in Japan. The questionnaires were sent to 2,500 anesthesiologists who were randomly selected from approximately 10,000 members of the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists. We found that 9.6% of respondents demonstrated moderate to severe symptoms of depression and 6.4% thought about death or suicide more than several times per week. These results were similar to those of previous survey conducted for physicians of all specialties. However, in 2013, the incidence of moderate to severe depressive symptoms decreased to 6.4% and thoughts on death and suicide decreased to 4.4%. We conclude that mental health of Japanese anesthesiologists improved over the past 3 years.