Author(s)

Kécia Silva Damasceno^1,2, Élcio de Sousa Barbosa³, João Vitor Cândido Pimentel², Antonio Gilvan Teixeira Júnior², Airton César Pinheiro de Meneses², Jucier Gonçalves Júnior², Danilo Ferreira de Sousa⁴, Paulo Sérgio da Costa Lima⁵, Iara Bezerra Sales¹, Antonio Souto Gouveia¹, Elisabethe Peres Biruel⁶, Modesto Leite Rolim Neto^1,2, Vânia Barbosa do Nascimento¹

¹Health Sciences Posgraduation Program, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC-FMABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
²Medicine Course, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Cariri-UFCA, Barbalha, CE, Brazil.
³Library Science Degree Course, Universidade Federal do Cariri-UFCA, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil.
⁴Nursing Course, Faculdade de Juazeiro do Norte-FJN, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil.
⁵Information Systems Course, Faculdade de Juazeiro do Norte-FJN, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil.
⁶Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information-BIREME, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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 (<0.05) seems to be statistically significant for the association between the suggested theme and the methodological similarities of the scientific information available in the analyzed databases. Thus, these open-access research tools are considered scientific reliable tools.

Suicide, Physicians, Public Health, Databases, Scientific Communication and Disclosure

Damasceno, K. , de Sousa Barbosa, É. , Pimentel, J. , Júnior, A. , de Meneses, A. , Júnior, J. , de Sousa, D. , da Costa Lima, P. , Sales, I. , Gouveia, A. , Biruel, E. , Neto, M. and do Nascimento, V. (2017) Suicide among Physicians and Methodological Similarities of MEDLINE/PubMED and BVS/BIREME Open Access Bibliographic Databases: A Systematic Review with Metanalysis. Health, 9, 352-375. doi: 10.4236/health.2017.92025.