Heterogeneity in the associations between common mental disorders and labour outcomes - a population study from southern Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research has shown that Common Mental Disorders (CMD) are unequally distributed between population subgroups, but we know less about how labour outcomes following such disorders are distributed. Our aim is to investigate how the labour outcomes following a CMD diagnosis differ over sex, age, schooling and country of birth.

Methods

We use a population sample from southern Sweden of patients diagnosed with CMD during calendar years 2009-2011, and a matched general population control group, to study labour market outcomes three years following diagnosis. Logistic regression is used to study the associations between a CMD diagnosis and outcomes in employment, sick leave, and disability pension. Interaction analysis is used to study heterogeneity in these asso

SUBMITTER: Jarl J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7449029 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature