Association of unemployment and increased depressive symptoms with all-cause mortality: follow-up study of a cardiovascular prevention programme.

ABSTRACT: Unemployment has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality. However, factors behind this association remain unsettled. A primary care CVD prevention programme was conducted in two Finnish towns in 2005-07. Of the participants (n = 4450), a cohort of apparently healthy CVD risk subjects belonging to the labour force (n = 1487) was identified. Baseline depressive symptoms were assessed by Beck's Depression Inventory. Data on employment status and mortality were obtained from official statistics. The effect of employment status and depressive symptoms on all-cause mortality after a median follow-up of 15 years was estimated in models adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, physical activity, alcohol us

SUBMITTER: Korhonen PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11631381 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature