National survey of the association of depressive symptoms with the number of off duty and on-call, and sleep hours among physicians working in Japanese hospitals: a cross sectional study

• Main Authors: Hirai Aizan (Author), Goto Takahisa (Author), Yoshikawa Toru (Author), Wada Koji (Author), Matsushima Eisuke (Author), Nakashima Yoshifumi (Author), Akaho Rie (Author), Kido Michiko (Author), Hosaka Takashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Physicians' mental health may be adversely affected by the number of days of work and time spent on-call, and improved by sleep and days-off. The aim of this study was to determine the associations of depressive symptoms with ta...