Depression among teachers: a Swedish register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some studies have suggested that teachers are particularly at risk for mental health problems but the research in this area has not been conclusive. This study aims to compare the risk of being diagnosed with depression for different types of teachers in Sweden, both with each other and with the rest of the population, using register data.

Methods

Just over 3 million individuals age 30-60 were included of which 256,166 were teachers. The exposure variable was the occupation held in 2005 and the outcome was any diagnosis of depression during the follow up period of 2006 to 2016. The data was analyzed using Cox proportional hazard regression.

Results

Around 5 % of women and 3 % of men developed depression during the follow up. For women, teachers had a decrea

SUBMITTER: Johansson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8857808 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature