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Long working hours and depressive symptoms : systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data
- 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M 2018, ' Long working hours and depressive symptoms : Systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data ', Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 239-250 .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.
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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- Objectives This systematic review and meta-analysis combined published study-level data and unpublished individual-participant data with the aim of quantifying the relation between long working hours and the onset of depressive symptoms. Methods We searched PubMed and Embase for published prospective cohort studies and included available cohorts with unpublished individual-participant data.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 Results We identified ten published cohort studies and included unpublished individual-participant data from 18 studies.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
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- Working hours
Male
Asia
working time
Medizin
MEDLINE
Risk Assessment
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
systematic review
psychological distress
Work Schedule Tolerance
Health Sciences
ddc:330
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Prospective Studies
depressive symptom
Depressive symptoms
working hour
overtime
Depression
Individual participant data
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Hälsovetenskaper
030210 environmental & occupational health
Mental health
participant data
Review article
Europe
meta-analysis
Observational Studies as Topic
Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
working life
Meta-analysis
North America
depression
Female
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Psychology
mental health
Clinical psychology
Subjects
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- 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