General practitioners' management of patients consulting for "mental distress at work".
Medical consultations
psychosocial risk factors
work-related common mental disorders
Journal
Work (Reading, Mass.)
ISSN: 1875-9270
Titre abrégé: Work
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9204382
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
pubmed:
26
4
2022
medline:
3
6
2022
entrez:
25
4
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Mental distress at work is a complex multifactorial phenomenon liable to impact health and personal life. To assess the proportion of general practice consultations for mental distress at work and determine how general practitioners (GPs) manage these patients and the factors leading to consultation. The frequency of consultations for mental distress at work was assessed on a self-administered questionnaire sent to the general practitioners (GPs) of the Loire administrative Département (France). Information on factors leading to consultation on management was obtained by a self-administered questionnaire in a sample of GPs and patients. Twenty-two patients were included by 16 GPs. 27% of patients were referred to an occupational physician. The frequency of consultations for mental distress at work was about 2%. Patients may wait several weeks or months before consulting, although a majority reported an impact on family life and health. A triggering event was often present, but no work accident procedure was undertaken. This study highlights the importance of better identifying adverse experience of working conditions and impaired mental health and reporting this to an occupational physician who can undertake preventive measures. Communication between occupational physician, employee and GP needs to be improved.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Mental distress at work is a complex multifactorial phenomenon liable to impact health and personal life.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
To assess the proportion of general practice consultations for mental distress at work and determine how general practitioners (GPs) manage these patients and the factors leading to consultation.
METHODS
METHODS
The frequency of consultations for mental distress at work was assessed on a self-administered questionnaire sent to the general practitioners (GPs) of the Loire administrative Département (France). Information on factors leading to consultation on management was obtained by a self-administered questionnaire in a sample of GPs and patients.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Twenty-two patients were included by 16 GPs. 27% of patients were referred to an occupational physician. The frequency of consultations for mental distress at work was about 2%. Patients may wait several weeks or months before consulting, although a majority reported an impact on family life and health. A triggering event was often present, but no work accident procedure was undertaken.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
This study highlights the importance of better identifying adverse experience of working conditions and impaired mental health and reporting this to an occupational physician who can undertake preventive measures. Communication between occupational physician, employee and GP needs to be improved.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35466919
pii: WOR213633
doi: 10.3233/WOR-213633
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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