Table 1.
Prevalence of depression and anxiety in doctors
| First author | Study population and location | Measuring tool | Response rate (%) | Prevalence of depression (%) | Prevalence of anxiety (%) |
| Firth-Cozens20 | 170 UK junior house officers (Sheffield) | SCL-D 90 | 72 | 28 | Not measured |
| Caplan21 | 81 UK hospital consultants | HADS | 80 | 5 | 23 |
| Vaglum22 | National sample including hospital doctors (NMA members) | GHQ-28 | 73 | 11 | Not measured |
| Coomber16 | National sample (UK intensivists) | SCL-D 90 | 80 | 12 (95% CI 9.9 to 15.0) | Not measured |
| Burbeck17 | National sample (UK Accident & Emergency) | SCL-D 90 | 78 | 18 | Not measured |
| Compton24 | National sample including hospital doctors (CMA; nearly half were primary care physicians). | Two questions measuring anhedonia and depressed mood | 41 | 23 | Not measured |
| Ruitenburg23 | Academic centre in the Netherlands | Brief Symptom Inventory | 51 | 29 | 25 |
CMA: Canadian Medical Association; GHQ-28: General Health Questionnaire (28 items); HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; NMA, Norwegian Medical Association; SCL-D 90, Symptom Checklist-Depression (90 items).