Mental illness rates among employees with fixed-term versus permanent employment contracts: a Danish cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

It has been hypothesized that employment in a fixed-term instead of permanent contract position is associated with an increased risk of development of mental health problems. The present study aimed at estimating rate ratios between fixed-term and permanent employees in the Danish labor force, for use of psychotropic drugs and psychiatric hospital treatment due to mood, anxiety or stress-related disorders, respectively.

Methods

Employment data were drawn from the Danish Labor Force Survey of 2001-2013, which is a part of the European Labor Force Survey. Full-time employed survey participants without mental illness at the baseline interview (N = 106,501) were followed in national health registers for up to 5 years. Poisson regressions were used to estimate rate ratios

SUBMITTER: Hannerz H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9968265 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature