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Suicide risk among workers: a psychosocial risk factor profile from an occupational health hospital in Chile

SUICIDAL RISK AMONG WORKERS: PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTOR PROFILE FROM A CHILEAN OCCUPATIONAL HOSPITAL

The most common psychosocial risk factors among workers at risk of suicide are interpersonal hostility from supervisors and coworkers; supervisor hostility is significantly more prevalent in cases classified as having a non-work-related (general) origin.

Given the limited research on work-related suicide risk, this study aimed to identify psychosocial risk factors (RFs) among workers at risk of suicide who were assessed during the disease origin classification process at an occupational health hospital in Santiago in 2024, within Chile's separate occupational health system. This was a descriptive, exploratory study approved by an ethics committee; clinical records were reviewed retrospectively to collect data on sex, identified risk factors, and disease origin (occupational or general) as determined according to the criteria of Chilean Occupational Health Law 16.744. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and between-group comparisons were performed using Fisher's exact test. A total of 106 workers were assessed; 81.1% were women (86/106), and 22.6% of cases were classified as occupational in origin (n=24), while 77.4% were classified as general in origin (n=82). No significant sex difference was found in disease classification (p=0.554). The most common risk factors were supervisor hostility (44.3%, n=47) and coworker hostility (32.1%, n=34), followed by stressful organizational conditions (17.0%, n=18), managerial dysfunction (14.2%, n=15), excessive workload (13.2%, n=14), lack of necessary support and information (8.5%, n=9), sexual harassment (6.6%, n=7), and violence or harassment from service users (4.7%, n=5). Supervisor hostility was significantly more prevalent in cases of general origin (50.0% versus 25.0%, p=0.037); no significant differences between origin groups were found for the other risk factors, nor were any significant sex differences found in the risk factors examined. In conclusion, interpersonal workplace violence involving supervisors and coworkers emerged as a central risk factor for suicide risk among workers, a finding that challenges demand-control models that primarily target workload reduction in interventions. Clinically, the study emphasizes the need to incorporate interpersonal dynamics into occupational psychiatric assessments and suicide prevention efforts.

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