Job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression: systematic review and meta-analysis with additional individual participant data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse psychosocial working environments characterized by job strain (the combination of high demands and low control at work) are associated with an increased risk of depressive symptoms among employees, but evidence on clinically diagnosed depression is scarce. We examined job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression.

Method

We identified published cohort studies from a systematic literature search in PubMed and PsycNET and obtained 14 cohort studies with unpublished individual-level data from the Individual-Participant-Data Meta-analysis in Working Populations (IPD-Work) Consortium. Summary estimates of the association were obtained using random-effects models. Individual-level data analyses were based on a pre-published study protocol.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Madsen IEH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5471831 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature