TITLE:
Suicide among Physicians and Methodological Similarities of MEDLINE/PubMED and BVS/BIREME Open Access Bibliographic Databases: A Systematic Review with Metanalysis
AUTHORS:
Kécia Silva Damasceno, Élcio de Sousa Barbosa, João Vitor Cândido Pimentel, Antonio Gilvan Teixeira Júnior, Airton César Pinheiro de Meneses, Jucier Gonçalves Júnior, Danilo Ferreira de Sousa, Paulo Sérgio da Costa Lima, Iara Bezerra Sales, Antonio Souto Gouveia, Elisabethe Peres Biruel, Modesto Leite Rolim Neto, Vânia Barbosa do Nascimento
KEYWORDS:
Suicide, Physicians, Public Health, Databases, Scientific Communication and Disclosure
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.9 No.2,
February
23,
2017
ABSTRACT: Background: Suicide among physicians is a serious public health issue, with an extremely complex and multifactorial behavior. Aim: The aim of this study was to use the theme “Suicide among Physicians” to exemplify the analysis of methodological similarities between the scientific content available at MEDLINE and BVS databases, as scientific research tools. Methods: This is a systematic review with metanalysis. The following combinations of keywords were used for data search in the referred databases: “suicide” AND “physicians” AND “public heath”. Results: Three hundred and thirteen publications were identified, but only 16 studies were chosen. Great association was found between MEDLINE and BVS databases and the Odds Ratio regarding the theme: “Suicide among physicians”. Conclusions: Considering the similarities found in the utilization of the two analyzed databases, it was possible to identify that suicide among physicians is associated with the exercise of an important professional role in the society and in the workplace. With regard to scientific information, the p-value-obtained value (