Author, year, country | Sample under study | Total sample size | Design | Exposure | Outcome | Results |
Baumert et al, 26 2014, Germany | General population | 6817 | Cohort | Poor psychosocial working conditions
| Suicide death | Sig+suicide in relation to poor psychosocial working conditions Sig – in relation to job strain |
Berg et al,
27 2006, Norway | Police | 3272 | Cross-sectional survey | Poor psychosocial working conditions
Job demands
| Suicide ideation | Sig – job demand NS Sig+social support and psychosocial working conditions |
Byun et al, 28 2016, Korea | Subway drivers | 980 | Cross-sectional survey | Job demands Effort reward imbalance
| Suicide ideation | NS+job demands Sig+effort reward NS change general job stress NS+job insecurity |
Carpenter et al,
30 2015, USA | Professional firefighters | 315 | Cross-sectional survey | Colleague/supervisor support General job stress
| Suicide ideation | Sig+poor social support Sig+general job stress |
Daglish et al, 33 2015 | General population | 1128 | Cross-sectional survey | Job insecurity Job strain | Suicide ideation | Sig+job insecurity NS – job strain |
Frank et al, 31 1999, USA | Female doctors | 4287 | Cross-sectional survey | Job control Job demands
| Suicide attempt | Sig+high job demands Sig+general job stress |
Fridner et al, 39 2011, Italy/Sweden | Male doctors | 241 Italy, 456 Sweden | Cross-sectional survey | Colleague/supervisor support
Total work hours/week Night call | Suicide ideation | Sig+poor social support Sig+low job control Sig+general job stress |
Law et al,
34 2014, Hong Kong | General population | 175 | Case–control | Job insecurity
| Suicide death | NS – job insecurity NS – pay changes |
Loerbroks et al,
14 2016, Multicountry | Australian general working population, | 3923 | Cross-sectional survey | Job control Job demands Effort–reward imbalance Job strain | Suicide ideation | Difference across countries (Sig and NS+) low job control Difference across countries (Sig and NS+) high job demands Difference across countries (Sig and NS+) effort reward imbalance Difference across countries (Sig and NS+) job strain |
Chinese nurses, | 498 | |||||
Chinese textile workers, | 824 | |||||
German industrial workers, | 721 | |||||
German physicians, | 405 | |||||
Korean metro workers | 6051 | |||||
McLean et al,32 2017, USA | Military personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder | 366 | Cross-sectional survey | Colleague/supervisor support | Suicide ideation | Sig+low social support |
Milner et al,
35 2017, Australia | General male population | 11 862 | Cross-sectional survey | Job demands Job control Effort reward imbalance Job insecurity | Suicide ideation | Sig+low job control Sig – high job demands Sig+effort reward imbalance Sig+job insecurity |
Milner et al, 36 2016a, Australia | General population | 817 | Cross-sectional survey | Job demands Job control Colleague/supervisor support Job insecurity | Suicide ideation | NS+job demands Sig+low job control Sig+low social support Sig+job insecurity |
Milner et al
15, 2016b, Australia | General population | 23 017 | Case–control study | Job control Job demands | Suicide death | Sig+low job control (males) NS – low job control (females) NS – high job demands (females) Sig+job demands (males) |
Ostry et al, 37 2007, Canada | Male sawmill workers | 28 794 | Cohort study | Job control Job demands Colleague/supervisor support | Suicide attempt Suicide death | NS+low social support (death) NS+low social support (attempt) Sig+low job control (attempt) NS+low job control (death) Sig+high job demands (attempt) Sig+high job demands (death) |
Schneider et al,
16 2011, Germany | General population | 285 | Case–control study | Colleague/supervisor support
| Suicide death | Sig+low job control Sig+low social support NS+high job demands NS+general job stress |
Sugawara et al,42 2012, Japan | General population (40–60 years) | 5878 | Cross-sectional survey | Job control Job demands | Suicide ideation | Sig+low job control Sig+high job demands |
Takada et al,
43 2009, Japan | General population | 2834 | Cross-sectional survey | General job stress Working hours/shift work Working time Overtime work | Suicide ideation | Sig+general job stress |
Takusari et al,
44 2011, Japan | General population | 3213 | Cross-sectional survey | Working hours/shift work
| Suicide ideation | Sig+job insecurity (males and females) Sig and NS+working hours/shift work (male and female) |
Tsutsumi et al,
17 2007, Japan | Medical school cohort | 3125 | Cohort | Job control Job demands | Suicide death | Sig+low job control NS − high job demands |
Tyssen et al,
40 2001, Norway | Medical students | 371 | Cohort | General job stress Working hours/shift work
| Suicide ideation | Sig+general job stress NS+working hours/shift work |
Wall et al,
38 2014, Sweden | Doctors | 272 | Cross-sectional survey | Colleague/supervisor support
| Suicide ideation | Sig+low supervisor support Sig+general job stress Sig+working hours/shift work |
Yoon et al,
29 2016, Korea | Service and sales workers | 1995 | Cross-sectional survey | Job demands Job control | Suicide ideation | Sig+low control Sig+high demands |
NS, non-significant; sig +, significant and positive relationship (eg, job stressor associated with increase in suicidality); sig −, significant and negative relationship (eg, job stressor associated with decrease in suicidality).