Gamma, Alex; Schleifer, Roman; Warnke, Ingeborg Lisa Maria; Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta; Rössler, Wulf; Angst, Jules; Liebrenz, Michael (2017). Duration of Absence from Work Is Related to Psychopathology, Personality, and Sociodemographic Variables in a Longitudinal Cohort. Frontiers in psychiatry, 8(252), p. 252. Frontiers 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00252
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Objective
To examine, in a non-clinical sample, the association of psychopathology, personality, sociodemographic information, and psychosocial indicators of non-occupational functioning with the duration of absence from work in the past 12 months.
Method
A longitudinal community cohort of 591 adults from Switzerland was analyzed using multilevel ordered logistic regression, with several alternative models as robustness checks. Psychopathology was assessed using the total score (Global Severity Index) of the Symptom Check List-90 Revised.
Results
The highest psychopathology levels were associated with absences of 3 or more week duration, largely independently of age. Extraversion and being divorced, widowed or separated also corresponded with longer absences from work in some analyses. No effect of sex was found. Most effects tested were not statistically significant and estimates showed large uncertainty.
Conclusion
Although tentative, our results suggest a possible influence of psychopathology on work participation. It may thus be desirable in insurance-medical appraisals of work ability to include instruments for measuring psychopathology.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine > Forensic Psychiatric Services 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Gamma, Alexander Xaver, Schleifer, Roman, Warnke, Ingeborg Lisa Maria, Liebrenz, Michael |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1664-0640 |
Publisher: |
Frontiers |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Antoinette Angehrn |
Date Deposited: |
20 Mar 2018 14:36 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:30 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00252 |
PubMed ID: |
29238308 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Switzerland epidemiology longitudinal psychopathology work participation |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.108490 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/108490 |
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