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dc.contributor.authorHolt, Jackie
dc.contributor.authorMar, Chris Del
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:25:25Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:25:25Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2009-12-16T07:12:26Z
dc.identifier.issn03008495
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/27556
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE To identify key characteristics of psychologically distressed general practitioners and whether these GPs volunteered for a 'GP health' educational program. Setting: Eight Australian divisions of general practice responding to an invitation to participate in the research in 1999, representing 1356 GPs. Main outcome measure: The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), together with demographic and practice questions. Design: Observational study of GPs invited to participate in a voluntary education program on GP health offered through each division of general practice. Participants: 819/1356 GPs responded to the baseline questionnaire (60%). Of these, 233/819 (28%) scored above the GHQ-12 threshold indicating psychological distress. Ninety GPs enrolled in the program, data were available for 69 GPs. RESULTS General practitioners who were identified as being psychologically distressed were over-represented in the 35-49 years age group (p=0.02) and were more likely to be the practice principal (p=0.04). Over 62% of enrolled GPs had scores that indicated none to mild distress. Of those GPs who were distressed, 42% were from the identified at risk age group, and 44% were practice principals. DISCUSSION Alternative targeted interventions may be needed to reach GPs with high levels of psychological distress.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoyal Australian College of General Practitioners
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.racgp.org.au/afp
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom599
dc.relation.ispartofpageto602
dc.relation.ispartofissue7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Family Physician
dc.relation.ispartofvolume34
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titlePsychological distress amongst GPs: who is at risk and how best to reach them?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2005
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gro.griffith.authorHolt, Jackie


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