Depression-related short-term disability in an employed population
Depression-related short-term disability in an employed population
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DOI：
10.1097/00043764-200207000-00007
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发表时间：
2002-07-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Paterson, M
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作者：
Dewa, CS;Goering, P;Paterson, M
人们越来越认识到，因精神和神经障碍而提出的工作场所残疾索赔的数量正在增加。然而，人们对因这些疾病而致残的工作人口知之甚少。缺乏描述这一人群的基本信息，几乎不可能制定有效的工作场所计划。使用从加拿大三个主要的金融/保险部门的雇主收集的行政数据，我们专注于一组障碍抑郁症。在这项研究中，我们报告了由于抑郁症导致的短期残疾的患病率，并描述了受影响的工人及其残疾结果的特征。我们观察到，与其他神经和精神疾病相比，抑郁症相关的短期残疾通常影响更多的员工，持续时间更长，复发率更高。此外，在这些事件结束时，超过四分之三的工人返回工作岗位。这些估计数表明，短期残疾的潜在影响程度应该是雇主关注的问题。这项研究有助于确定谁开发抑郁症相关的残疾工人的主要特征。它还有助于澄清那些短期残疾的人会发生什么。
There has been a growing realization that the number of workplace disability claims for mental and nervous disorders is increasing. Yet, little is known about the working population disabled by these disorders. Absence of basic information describing this population makes it virtually impossible to plan effective workplace programs. Using administrative data collected from three major Canadian financial/insurance sector employers, we focus on one group of disorders-depression. In this study, we report the prevalence of short-term disability due to depression and describe the characteristics of workers affected and their disability outcomes. We observed that compared with other nervous and mental disorders, depression-related short-term disability generally affected more employees, lasted longer, and had a higher rate of recurrence. In addition, at the end of their episodes more than three quarters of workers returned to work. These estimates suggest that the potential magnitude of the impact of short-term disability should be a concern for employers. This study helps identify the main characteristics of workers who develop depression-related disability. It also helps clarify what happens to those on short-term disability.