Occurrence of Mental Illness and Mental Health Risks among the Self-Employed: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to systematically identify and evaluate all studies of good quality that compared the occurrence of mental disorders in the self-employed versus employees. Adhering to the Cochrane guidelines, we conducted a systematic review and searched three major medical databases (MEDLINE, Web of Science, Embase), complemented by hand search. We included 26 (three longitudinal and 23 cross-sectional) population-based studies of good quality (using a validated quality assessment tool), with data from 3,128,877 participants in total. The longest of these studies, a Swedish national register evaluation with 25 years follow-up, showed a higher incidence of mental illness among the self-employed compared to white-collar workers, but a lower incidence compared to blue-collar workers. In the second

SUBMITTER: Willeke K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8393630 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature