Occupational factors associated with major depressive disorder: A Brazilian population-based study

Oenning, Nágila Soares Xavier; Ziegelmann, Patrícia Klarmann; Goulart, Bárbara Niegia Garcia de; Niedhammer, Isabelle

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.07.022

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“…A 2017 systematic review gathered evidence of occupational risk factors with common psychiatric diseases, including depression, concluding that there is moderate-level scientific evidence from prospective studies associating high labor demand, low control, effort and reward unbalance, organizational (in)justice, low social support and violence at work with common psychiatric diseases 7 . These data are consistent with the factors perceived by workers interviewed in the National Health Survey of IBGE 8 .…”

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Depression in the workplace: screening and treatment

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Myung

Murta

et al. 2019

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize producers to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the physician responsible for the conduct that will be adopted, depending on the conditions and the clinical status of each patient.Screening depression in the occupational setting has the potential of diagnosing workers with depression symptoms in different levels of severity. Depression and its treatment have the potential of modifying occupational outcomes of functionality, productivity, absenteeism, presenteeism, return to work, work engagement, unemployment, among others. It was carried out from the systematic review of literature in the medline database, recovering 21,232 papers, 54 (figure 1 -annex I) being selected to answer the clinical questions: is it necessary to screen workers for depression? And is treatment effective and safe? The details of the methodology and the results of this guideline are exposed in annex I. KEY POINTSScreening depression in the occupational setting has the potential to diagnose, in impactful prevalence and with acceptable accuracy, workers with symp-

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Depression in the workplace: screening and treatment

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Myung

Murta

et al. 2019

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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“…For example, in a population of~4000 South Koreans, the prevalence of MDD among shift/night workers was significantly increased relative to daytime workers 68 . Among a Brazilian cohort of~36,000 workers, night shift work was significantly associated with MDD only in females 70 . No association was reported between shift work and MDD in a French study 69 .…”

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“…There are few human studies that have examined the link between circadian disruption and MDD specifically, as most human data combine all types of depression. Nonetheless, studies examining the association between shift work and MDD have produced varied results [68][69][70] . For example, in a population of~4000 South Koreans, the prevalence of MDD among shift/night workers was significantly increased relative to daytime workers 68 .…”

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Circadian rhythm disruption and mental health

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Circadian rhythms are internal manifestations of the solar day that permit adaptations to predictable environmental temporal changes. These~24-h rhythms are controlled by molecular clockworks within the brain that are reset daily to precisely 24 h by exposure to the light-dark cycle. Information from the master clock in the mammalian hypothalamus conveys temporal information to the entire body via humoral and neural communication. A bidirectional relationship exists between mood disorders and circadian rhythms. Mood disorders are often associated with disrupted circadian clock-controlled responses, such as sleep and cortisol secretion, whereas disruption of circadian rhythms via jet lag, night-shift work, or exposure to artificial light at night, can precipitate or exacerbate affective symptoms in susceptible individuals. Evidence suggests strong associations between circadian rhythms and mental health, but only recently have studies begun to discover the direct interactions between the circadian system and mood regulation. This review provides an overview of disrupted circadian rhythms and the relationship to behavioral health and psychiatry. The focus of this review is delineating the role of disruption of circadian rhythms on mood disorders using human night shift studies, as well as jet lag studies to identify links. We also review animal models of disrupted circadian rhythms on affective responses. Lastly, we propose low-cost behavioral and lifestyle changes to improve circadian rhythms and presumably behavioral health.

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“…Similar to this study, these researchers assessed both depression and occupational stress using selfreports except for Oenning et al (33) who used a diagnostic tool to measure depressive disorder. The robust risk estimation from this study may account for the lack of association between occupational stress and depression.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Yoshizawa et al (32) specifically indicated social support, job control, and quantitative workload as psychosocial stressors significantly influencing depression among some psychiatric nurses in Japan. Oenning et al (33) and Romswinkel et al (34) assessed job stress in general and among community-dwelling workers as opposed to employees from a specific industry which is the case for this current study. In a lower-middle-income country like Egypt, a positive correlation between work stress and depression was reported (35).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Effect of Occupational Stress on Depression and Insomnia: a Cross-sectional Study Among Employees in a Ghanaian Telecommunication Company

Kploanyi

Dwomoh

Dzodzomenyo

2020

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Abstract Background Depression and insomnia are major psychiatric conditions that are predicted by occupational stress. However, the influence of occupational stress on these two conditions is under-explored in telecommunication companies, especially in Africa. This research was conducted to assess occupational stress in a Ghanaian telecommunication company and its effect on depression and insomnia. Methods An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted among employees at a telecommunication company in Accra. Structured self-administered questionnaires were used in collecting data from 235 respondents using simple random sampling. Chi-square test of independence and the Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test were employed to assess the significance of associations with subsequent sensitivity analysis using Multiple logistic, Poisson and Probit regression models. Occupational stress was matched on three variables: age of the workers, responsibility for dependents and work experience, to improve on the estimation of its impact on symptomatic depression and insomnia using the coarsened exact matching procedure. Results More males (52.8%) than females participated in this study. The age range for study participants was 20-49 years with a mean of 30.8 ± 6.9 years. The prevalence of occupational stress among the employees was 32.8% (95% CI= 26.7-38.8). More than half of respondents (51%) reported depressive symptoms in the past week and only a few (6%) reported being diagnosed with insomnia in the past year. Age, responsibility for dependents and work experience were the only background characteristics that were significantly associated with perceived occupational stress. After controlling for background characteristics, the estimated risk of reporting symptoms of depression among employees who perceived stress from work was only 5% higher [ARR; 95% CI=1.05 (0.94-1.17)] whereas it was 2.58 times the risk of reporting insomnia [ARR; 95% CI=2.58(0.83-8.00)] compared to those who did not perceive stress from their jobs. The relative risk reduced to 2.46[ARR; 95% CI=2.46(0.77-7.87)] and 1.03[ARR; 95% CI=1.03(0.91-1.17)] for insomnia and depression respectively after employing Poisson regression with CEM. Conclusion The study found a higher risk of insomnia among employees who reported occupational stress compared to those who did not. However, there was not enough statistical evidence to conclude that occupational stress was associated with depression among the study participants.

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Occupational factors associated with major depressive disorder: A Brazilian population-based study

Cited by 34 publications

References 33 publications

Depression in the workplace: screening and treatment

Depression in the workplace: screening and treatment

Circadian rhythm disruption and mental health

The Effect of Occupational Stress on Depression and Insomnia: a Cross-sectional Study Among Employees in a Ghanaian Telecommunication Company

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