Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress in a large and diverse public sector workforce: Baseline results from Partnering Healthy@Work

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jarman, Lisa ^a   Martin, Angela ^b   Venn, Alison ^a   Otahal, Petr ^a   Taylor, Roscoe ^c   Teale, Brook ^d   Sanderson, Kristy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

^d Tasmanian State Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Correlates; Health risk appraisal; K10; Prevalence; Psychological distress; Public sector; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC SECTOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASMANIA; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893181641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-125     Document Type: Article

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