Is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work? The Finnish Public Sector Study
OBJECTIVES: Research on temporary employment as a risk factor for work disability due to depression is mixed, and few studies have measured work disability outcome in detail. We separately examined the associations of temporary employment with (i) the onset of work disability due to depression, (ii)...
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| author | Jenni Ervasti Jussi Vahtera Pekka Virtanen Jaana Pentti Tuula Oksanen Kirsi Ahola Mika Kivimäki Marianna Virtanen |
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| description | OBJECTIVES: Research on temporary employment as a risk factor for work disability due to depression is mixed, and few studies have measured work disability outcome in detail. We separately examined the associations of temporary employment with (i) the onset of work disability due to depression, (ii) the length of disability episodes, and (iii) the recurrence of work disability, taking into account the possible effect modification of sociodemographic factors. METHODS: We linked the prospective cohort study data of 107 828 Finnish public sector employees to national registers on work disability (>9 days) due to depression from January 2005 to December 2011. RESULTS: Disability episodes were longer among temporary than permanent employees after adjustment for age, sex, level of education, chronic somatic disease, and history of mental/behavioral disorders [cumulative odds ratio (COR) 1.37, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.25–51). The association between temporary employment and the length of depression-related disability episodes was more pronounced among participants with a low educational level (COR 1.95, 95% CI 1.54–2.48) and older employees (>52 years; COR 3.67, 95% CI 2.83–4.76). The association was weaker in a subgroup of employees employed for ≥50% of the follow-up period (95% of the original sample). Temporary employment was not associated with the onset or recurrence of depression-related work disability. CONCLUSIONS: Temporary employment is associated with slower return to work, indicated by longer depression-related disability episodes, especially among older workers and those with a low level of education. Continuous employment might protect temporary employees from prolonged work disability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d387de72738848c1ad2369efd2abac952022-12-21T22:28:19ZengNordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH)Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health0355-31401795-990X2014-07-0140434335210.5271/sjweh.34243424Is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work? The Finnish Public Sector StudyJenni Ervasti0Jussi VahteraPekka VirtanenJaana PenttiTuula OksanenKirsi AholaMika KivimäkiMarianna VirtanenFinnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FI-00250, Helsinki, Finland.OBJECTIVES: Research on temporary employment as a risk factor for work disability due to depression is mixed, and few studies have measured work disability outcome in detail. We separately examined the associations of temporary employment with (i) the onset of work disability due to depression, (ii) the length of disability episodes, and (iii) the recurrence of work disability, taking into account the possible effect modification of sociodemographic factors. METHODS: We linked the prospective cohort study data of 107 828 Finnish public sector employees to national registers on work disability (>9 days) due to depression from January 2005 to December 2011. RESULTS: Disability episodes were longer among temporary than permanent employees after adjustment for age, sex, level of education, chronic somatic disease, and history of mental/behavioral disorders [cumulative odds ratio (COR) 1.37, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.25–51). The association between temporary employment and the length of depression-related disability episodes was more pronounced among participants with a low educational level (COR 1.95, 95% CI 1.54–2.48) and older employees (>52 years; COR 3.67, 95% CI 2.83–4.76). The association was weaker in a subgroup of employees employed for ≥50% of the follow-up period (95% of the original sample). Temporary employment was not associated with the onset or recurrence of depression-related work disability. CONCLUSIONS: Temporary employment is associated with slower return to work, indicated by longer depression-related disability episodes, especially among older workers and those with a low level of education. Continuous employment might protect temporary employees from prolonged work disability. https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3424 temporary employmentwork disabilitydepressive disorderrecurrencefinnish public sector studyeducational levelrisk factoragedepressiondisabilityreturn to workemployment status |
| spellingShingle | Jenni Ervasti Jussi Vahtera Pekka Virtanen Jaana Pentti Tuula Oksanen Kirsi Ahola Mika Kivimäki Marianna Virtanen Is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work? The Finnish Public Sector Study Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health temporary employment work disability depressive disorder recurrence finnish public sector study educational level risk factor age depression disability return to work employment status |
| title | Is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work? The Finnish Public Sector Study |
| title_full | Is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work? The Finnish Public Sector Study |
| title_fullStr | Is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work? The Finnish Public Sector Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work? The Finnish Public Sector Study |
| title_short | Is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work? The Finnish Public Sector Study |
| title_sort | is temporary employment a risk factor for work disability due to depressive disorders and delayed return to work the finnish public sector study |
| topic | temporary employment work disability depressive disorder recurrence finnish public sector study educational level risk factor age depression disability return to work employment status |
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