2023-11-02 16:09:28
In the period 2021-2022, with the coronavirus pandemic and greater social awareness of mental illness, the Comprehensive Care Program for Sick Doctors (PAIME) has doubled the number of people assisted, 1,711 new cases, with mental disorder being the main one. reason for consultation (84.9%), women make up two thirds of patients and family professionals, the most affected.
Infographic of the Report of the Care Program for Sick Doctors (PAIME). Photo provided.
Addictive pathology (8.3%) and dual pathology (6.5%) are also other reasons for asking for help, according to the PAIME 2023 report on the Program for the Sick Doctor presented by the Foundation for the Social Protection of the Collegiate Medical Organization (FPSOMC).
The PAIME is a collegiate program that not only deals with the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of practicing physicians who are sick (mental health problems or addictions) and who may represent a risk to practice, and therefore to care. of their patients, but also of prevention and health promotion.
Since the PAIME Program was created in 1998, 8,071 doctors have been treated for mental disorders and/or addictions, and more than 90% of them have recovered and returned to the practice of medicine.
Compared to the last report in 2021, the PAIME attended to more than 40% of cases compared to the 2020-2021 period, in which the average was around 500 doctors treated per year and which has increased to the most of 850 cases a year.
Mental disorder continues to be the main reason for admission to the PAIME, with an increase of more than two points (84.9%) in these years, while addictive pathology represents 8.3%, of which 5. 6% is due to alcohol abuse and 3% is due to other toxic substances. Cases due to dual pathology decrease to 6.5%.
Infographic of the PAIME program report. Infographic provided
More women and more cases between 31 and 40 years old
The percentage of female doctors affected by mental health and/or addiction problems and who ask for help from PAIME is 65%, that is, it continues to be higher than that of male doctors (35%), and continues its upward trend of recent years where the The percentage was 60% women compared to 40% men.
This latest report highlights a greater number of cases within the age group of 31 to 40 years (24.4% in 2021 and 22.2% in 2022), a higher figure compared to previous years where the percentage was at 20.8%.
87% of the cases are limited to urban areas and 13% to rural areas.
Family doctors, the most affected
86% of the plaintiffs practice in the public health system, 10% in private practice and 4% in both.
The specialty with the highest number of cases in the Sick Doctor Program is Family and Community Medicine and/or General Medicine, 44.5% in 2022.
In relation to the percentage of registration, Pediatrics and Psychiatry are the specialties that have the highest incidence.
Most come voluntarily.
On the other hand, the latest report presented by the Collegiate Medical Organization It also shows an increase in members who have attended the program voluntarily: 78.6% in the last period, compared to 76% in the previous period.
21% ask for help voluntarily induced (own initiative, psychiatrist, colleague, professional superior, family member or occupational risk unit)
Of the 1,711 new admissions to the Sick Doctor Program, 27% have required hospital admission.
Of all of them, 16% have been considered complex cases, in 2021 and 18% in 2022, of which 56% are at risk of exercising.
Infographic of the PAIME program report. Infographic provided
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