Long-term follow-up study of work status among patients with work-related mental disorders referred to departments of occupational medicine in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the 5 year work status in patients referred for suspected work-related common mental disorders. To develop a prognostic model.

Design

Register-based nationwide longitudinal follow-up study.

Setting

All departments of occupational medicine in Denmark.

Participants

17 822 patients aged 18-67 years, seen for the first time at a Department of Occupational Medicine in Denmark from 2000 to 2013 and diagnosed with stress, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety or other mental disorders.

Interventions

All patients were seen for diagnostic assessment and causal evaluation of the work-relatedness of their disorders. Some departments offered patients with stress disorders psychological treatment, which, however, was not organised

SUBMITTER: Kyndi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10632875 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature