Longitudinal association of exposure to work-related stress with major depressive disorder and the role of occupational burnout in this association in the general population.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To prospectively assess (1) the associations of Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI), its individual components, and over-commitment with (a) the onset of a Major Depressive Episode (MDE) during a 3.6-year follow-up in a population-based cohort in participants with no current Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in the beginning of the follow-up (n = 959), (b) incidence of MDD in the subsample of participants exempt from lifetime MDD (n = 490), and (c) the onset of a new MDE (i.e. recurrence) in the subsample of participants with remitted but no current MDD (n = 485), and (2) potential effect modification of burnout on these associations.

Methods

DSM-IV Axis-I disorders were elicited using the semi-structured Diagnostic Instrument for Genetic Studies at each investigation. The E

SUBMITTER: Shoman Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11870932 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature