The role of job strain in the relationship between depression and long-term sickness absence: a register-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Though individuals with depression and those with poor working conditions are more likely to be on long-term sickness absence (LTSA), less is known about how working conditions may modify the associations between depression status and LTSA. This study aims to examine the association between depression and LTSA among Swedish workers with different levels of job strain and its individual components (job demands and job control).

Methods

All Swedish workers 30 - 60 years old (N = 3,065,258) were studied in 2005. At baseline (2005-2010), workers were categorized as: without depression, being prescribed antidepressants, and being in inpatient/outpatient care. Job strain was measured using a Swedish Job Exposure Matrix, and data on LTSA were obtained from 2011 to 2021. The

SUBMITTER: Jarroch R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11522148 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature