Long working hours and symptoms of anxiety and depression: A 5-year follow-up of the Whitehall II study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2485-2494

  Virtanen, M ^a   Ferrie, J E ^b   Singh Manoux, A ^b,c,d   Shipley, M J ^b   Stansfeld, S A ^e   Marmot, M G ^b   Ahola, K ^a   Vahtera, J ^a,f,g   Kivimaki M ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^d Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^g TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; depression; overtime work; prospective; work hours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84857361038     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711000171     Document Type: Article

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