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Table 2 Health, risks, consumption of addictive substances in surgical and non-surgical specialties (absolute numbers/frequency in % or means [standard deviations])

From: Health, risk behaviour and consumption of addictive substances among physicians - results of an online survey

Examined variables

Surgical specialitya (n = 241)

Non-surgical specialitya (n = 679)

All (n = 920)

P-Value

Health condition (subjective)

 Satisfactory/good/very good

217/90

610/90

827/90

1.000

 Very poor/poor/less healthy

24/10

69/10

93/10

Actively taking health risks

 Sometimes/often

107/44

175/26

282/31

< 0,001

 Rarely/never

134/56

504/74

638/69

Preventive check-ups

 Often

41/17

181/27

222/24

0.003

 Rarely

200/83

498/73

698/76

BMI

 

24,5 (3,8)

24,1 (3,5)

24,2 (3,6)

0.160

BMI - categories

 Short/normal weight (BMI < 25)

159/66

444/65

603/66

0.059

 Overweight (BMI 25 bis < 30)

55/23

188/28

243/26

 Obesity (BMI ≥ 30)

27/11

47/7

74/8

Nicotineb

 Moderate to high dependence

15/6

29/4

44/5

0.145

 Low dependence

27/11

55/8

82/9

 Non-smoker/otherc

199/83

595/88

794/86

Alcohold

 Hazardous alcohol consumption

70/29

142/21

212/23

0.013

 Harmless/no alcohol consumption

171/71

537/79

708/77

“How often do you drink alcohol in general?” (Scores)

 4 times or more often per week (4)

38/16

99/15

137/15

 

 2–3 times per week (3)

81/34

196/29

277/30

 2–4 times per month (2)

80/33

210/31

290/32

 Monthly or less (1)

26/11

111/16

216/24

 Never (0)

16/7

63/9

 

“How many unitse of alcohol do you drink on a typical day when you are drinking?” (Scores)

 10 or more (4)

1/0

1/0

2/0

 

 7–9 (3)

6/3

9/1

15/2

 5–6 (2)

11/5

20/3

31/3

 3–4 (1)

59/25

113/17

172/19

 1–2 (0)

148/61

473/70

621/68

 I don’t drink alcohol at all. (0)

16/7

63/9

79/9

“How often have you had 6 or more units of alcohol on one day in the last year?” (Scores)

 Daily or almost daily (4)

3/1

1/0

4/0

 

 Once a week (3)

12/5

21/3

33/4

 Once a month (2)

35/15

64/9

99/11

 Less than monthly (1)

93/39

200/30

293/32

 Never (0)

98/41

393/58

491/53

  1. aSurgical speciality: surgery, gynaecology, urology, ENT, ophthalmology; non-surgical speciality: general practice, anaesthesiology, occupational medicine, dermatology, Internal medicine, laboratory medicine, microbiology, neurology, nuclear medicine, pathology, paediatrics, physical and rehabilitative medicine, psychiatry, psychosomatics, child and adolescent psychiatry, radiology, radiation therapy, geriatrics, human genetics, palliative care, pharmacology, environment medicine
  2. bHSI = Heaviness of Smoking Index (≥2 scores: moderate to high dependence)
  3. cOther: pipe, cigar, electro cigarette
  4. dAUDIT-C test: (≥5 scores: hazardous alcohol consumption)
  5. eOne unit equals: 350 ml beer / 150 ml wine/champagne / 40 ml spirits
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Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

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