Table 3.
Self-reported contributing factors to serious suicidal thoughts among veterinarians in Norway
| Not at all+a little+somewhat | Quite a bit+very much | Total, n | |||||
| N (%) | N (%) | ||||||
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | ||
| Personal problems | 84 (63.2%) | 17 (65.4%) | 67 (63.8%) | 49 (36.8%) | 9 (34.6%) | 38 (36.2%) | 133 |
| Family problems | 91 (68.4%) | 19 (79.2%) | 72 (67.9%) | 42 (31.6%) | 5 (20.8%) | 34 (32.1%) | 133 |
| Social problems | 108 (81.2%) | 21 (84.0%) | 86 (81.1%) | 25 (18.8%) | 4 (16.0%) | 20 (18.9%) | 133 |
| Work problems | 70 (51.9%) | 18 (72.0%) | 51 (47.2%) | 65 (48.1%) | 7 (28.0%) | 57 (52.8%) | 135 |
| Other problems | 90 (72.6%) | 20 (83.3%) | 70 (71.4%) | 34 (27.4%) | 4 (16.7%) | 28 (28.6%) | 124 |
Item four of Paykel’s questionnaire was answered by n=2562 veterinarians (men=766, women=1754). The question was answered positively by n=139 (see table 1).