Depression and suicide risk among nursing professionals: an integrative review

• Published in: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 1027 - 1031
• Main Authors: Silva, Darlan Dos Santos Damásio, Tavares, Natália Vieira da Silva, Alexandre, Alícia Regina Gomes, Freitas, Daniel Antunes, Brêda, Mércia Zeviani, Albuquerque, Maria Cícera Dos Santos de, Melo, Valfrido Leão de Neto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem 01-12-2015; SciELO
• Subjects: Depresión; Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology; Enfermería; Estrés Psicológico; Humans; NURSING; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Revisión; Risk Factors; Suicide - statistics & numerical data; Suicidio; Depressão; Enfermagem; Depression; Review; Estresse Psicológico; Suicide; Revisão; Nursing; Suicidio; Depresión; Revisión; Stress, Psychological; Estrés Psicológico; Enfermería; Suicídio
• ISSN: 0080-6234; 1980-220X; 0080-6234
• DOI: 10.1590/S0080-623420150000600020

Discussing the factors associated with major depression and suicide risk among nursing professionals.
An integrative review in PubMed/MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO and BDENF databases, between 2003 and 2015.
20 published articles were selected, mostly from between 2012 and 2014, with significant production in Brazil. Nursing professionals are vulnerable to depression when young, married, performing night work and having several jobs, and when they have a high level of education, low family income, work overload, high stress, insufficient autonomy and a sense of professional insecurity and conflict in the family and workrelationship. Suicide risk was correlated with the presence of symptoms of depression, high levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal accomplishment; characteristics of Burnout Syndrome.
Suicide risk among nursing professionals is associated with symptoms of depression and correlated with Burnout Syndrome, which can affect work performance.