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Long working hours and depressive symptoms : systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data

Authors :
Eero Lahelma
Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan
Markus Jokela
Paula Salo
Raimund Erbel
Sakari Suominen
Gert G. Wagner
Marianna Virtanen
Mika Kivimäki
Martin J. Shipley
Markku Koskenvuo
Marianne Borritz
Hermann Burr
Martin L. Nielsen
Jan H. Pejtersen
Ida E. H. Madsen
Linda L. Magnusson Hanson
Jakob B. Bjorner
Ossi Rahkonen
Hugo Westerlund
Katriina Heikkilä
Töres Theorell
Lars Alfredsson
Jürgen Schupp
Jane E. Ferrie
G. David Batty
Tea Lallukka
Archana Singh-Manoux
Reiner Rugulies
Nico Dragano
Anders Knutsson
Solja T. Nyberg
Jaana Pentti
Tuula Oksanen
Johannes Siegrist
Jian Li Wang
Jussi Vahtera
Source :
Virtanen, M, Jokela, M, Madsen, I E H, Hanson, L L M, Lallukka, T, Nyberg, S T, Alfredsson, L, Batty, G D, Bjørner, J B, Borritz, M, Burr, H, Dragano, N, Erbel, R, Ferrie, J E, Heikkila, K, Knutsson, A, Koskenvuo, M, Lahelma, E, Nielsen, M L, Oksanen, T, Pejtersen, J H, Pentti, J, Rahkonen, O, Rugulies, R, Salo, P, Schupp, J, Shipley, M J, Siegrist, J, Singh-Manoux, A, Suominen, S B, Theorell, T, Vahtera, J, Wagner, G G, Wang, J L, Yiengprugsawan, V, Westerlund, H & Kivimaki, M 2018, ' Long working hours and depressive symptoms : Systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data ', Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 239-250 . https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3712, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, Vol 44, Iss 3, Pp 239-250 (2018), Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för hälsa och lärande, 2018.

Abstract

Objectives This systematic review and meta-analysis combined published study-level data and unpublished individual-participant data with the aim of quantifying the relation between long working hours and the onset of depressive symptoms. Methods We searched PubMed and Embase for published prospective cohort studies and included available cohorts with unpublished individual-participant data. We used a random-effects meta-analysis to calculate summary estimates across studies. Results We identified ten published cohort studies and included unpublished individual-participant data from 18 studies. In the majority of cohorts, long working hours was defined as working ≥55 hours per week. In multivariable-adjusted meta-analyses of 189 729 participants from 35 countries [96 275 men, 93 454 women, follow-up ranging from 1-5 years, 21 747 new-onset cases), there was an overall association of 1.14 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03-1.25] between long working hours and the onset of depressive symptoms, with significant evidence of heterogeneity (I 2=45.1%, P=0.004). A moderate association between working hours and depressive symptoms was found in Asian countries (1.50, 95% CI 1.13-2.01), a weaker association in Europe (1.11, 95% CI 1.00-1.22), and no association in North America (0.97, 95% CI 0.70-1.34) or Australia (0.95, 95% CI 0.70-1.29). Differences by other characteristics were small. Conclusions This observational evidence suggests a moderate association between long working hours and onset of depressive symptoms in Asia and a small association in Europe. CC BY 4.0

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03553140
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Virtanen, M, Jokela, M, Madsen, I E H, Hanson, L L M, Lallukka, T, Nyberg, S T, Alfredsson, L, Batty, G D, Bjørner, J B, Borritz, M, Burr, H, Dragano, N, Erbel, R, Ferrie, J E, Heikkila, K, Knutsson, A, Koskenvuo, M, Lahelma, E, Nielsen, M L, Oksanen, T, Pejtersen, J H, Pentti, J, Rahkonen, O, Rugulies, R, Salo, P, Schupp, J, Shipley, M J, Siegrist, J, Singh-Manoux, A, Suominen, S B, Theorell, T, Vahtera, J, Wagner, G G, Wang, J L, Yiengprugsawan, V, Westerlund, H & Kivimaki, M 2018, ' Long working hours and depressive symptoms : Systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data ', Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 239-250 . https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3712, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, Vol 44, Iss 3, Pp 239-250 (2018), Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....909093de95a8884646973ec6ac4cff85
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3712