Bullying at work and onset of a major depressive episode among Danish female eldercare workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-227

  Rugulies, Reiner ^a,b   Madsen, Ida E H ^a   Hjarsbech, Pernille U ^a   Hogh, Annie ^b   Borg, Vilhelm ^a   Carneiro, Isabella G ^a   Aust, Birgit ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Healthcare worker; Longitudinal study; Mental health; Mobbing; Negative act; Occupational health; Psychosocial factor; Stress; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BASELINE SURVEY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

ANXIETY; BULLYING; CAREGIVERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

DENMARK;

EID: 84860709599     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3278     Document Type: Article

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