Clinical and non-clinical depressive symptoms and risk of long-term sickness absence among female employees in the Danish eldercare sector

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 87-93

  Hjarsbech, Pernille U ^a   Andersen, Rikke Voss ^b   Christensen, Karl Bang ^c   Aust, Birgit ^a   Borg, Vilhelm ^a   Rugulies, Reiner ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b COWI A/S ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Eldercare sector; Prospective study; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 79851513081     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.07.033     Document Type: Article

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