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The Relation between Work-related Psychosocial Factors and the Development of Depression
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This review is based on a literature search made in January 2007 on request by the Danish National Board of Industrial Injuries. The search in PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycINFO resulted in more than 1,000 publications. This was reduced to 14 after the titles, abstracts, and papers were evaluated by using the following criteria: 1) a longitudinal study, 2) exposure to work-related psychosocial factors, 3) the outcome a measure of depression, 4) relevant statistical estimates, and 5) nonduplicated publication. Of the 14 studies, seven used standardized diagnostic instruments as measures of depression, whereas the other seven studies used self-administered questionnaires. The authors found moderate evidence for a relation between the psychological demands of the job and the development of depression, with relative risks of approximately 2.0. However, indication of publication bias weakens the evidence. Social support at work was associated with a decrease in risk for future depression, as all four studies dealing with this exposure showed associations with relative risks of about 0.6. Even if this literature study has identified work-related psychosocial factors that in high-quality epidemiologic studies predict depression, studies are still needed that assess in more detail the duration and intensity of exposure necessary for developing depression.
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“There is growing evidence to suggest a link between work characteristics and the onset of depression, with perceived psychosocial work stress being the most often investigated work exposure (2-7).”
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“There is empirical evidence including several meta-analyses, showing that the psychosocial work environment in terms of job strain, low social support at work from managers and colleagues, effort-reward imbalance, organisational injustice and job insecurity impacts on employee well-being and risk of sickness absence.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Netterstrom, B., Conrad, N., Bech, P., Fink, P., Olsen, O., Rugulies, R., & Stansfeld, S.
- Affiliations
- Capital Region of Denmark (DK)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment (DK)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Venue
- Epidemiologic Reviews
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2008-05-14
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 118-132
- ISSN
- 0193-936X (ISSN-L)
- 1478-6729
- OpenAlex
- W2148031529
- Cited by
- 467
- References
- 114
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 38 · 2014: 48 · 2013: 43 · 2012: 40
- FWCI
- 4.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Epidemiologic Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Employment and Welfare Studies
- Keywords
- depression, psychological job demands, social support at work, workplace mental health, relative risk, publication bias
- MeSH terms
- Depression, Humans, Psychology, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Social Support, Work
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