Almost three out of ten veterinarians in Norway have thought that life has not been worth living in the last year, a new study shows.
The study shows that a total of 27% of the veterinarians stated that life had not felt worth living in the last year. 20% have thought about taking their own lives but knew they would not try to do so, the newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad writes.
48% of respondents stated the job was a contributing factor to the thoughts.
A previous study shows that the suicide rate among veterinarians is twice as high as in the general population in Norway.
Not a surprise?
The leader of the Rogaland Veterinary Association, Lena Hollund Surdal, is not surprised by the findings. She thinks some of the results can be linked to shift arrangements.
“Some veterinarians, for example, have one- or two-part shifts. That is, every other day and every other weekend, all year round.”
The study is part of a larger doctoral project of PhD student Helene Seljenes Dalum, who is a veterinarian herself.
Dalum emphasizes that the survey can not say anything about the causes behind the findings.
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