ArticlePloS one2014
Importance of social and cultural factors for attitudes, disclosure and time off work for depression: findings from a seven country European study on depression in the workplace.
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- Can self-pampering act as a buffer against depression in women? A cross-sectional study.Health psychology research · 2019Article
- Evaluating the Feasibility of an Innovative Self-Confidence Webinar Intervention for Depression in the Workplace: A Proof-of-Concept Study.JMIR mental health · 2019Article
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- Impact of Cognitive Dysfunction in the Middle East Depressed Patients: The ICMED Study.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2018Article
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- Relationships between anti-stigma programme awareness, disclosure comfort and intended help-seeking regarding a mental health problem.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2017Article
- Improving Access to Mental Health Care by Delivering Psychotherapeutic Care in the Workplace: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Trial.PloS one · 2017Article
- Global patterns of workplace productivity for people with depression: absenteeism and presenteeism costs across eight diverse countries.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2016Article
- Screening for depression in the occupational health setting.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2016Article
- Depression in the South African workplace.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2016Article
- Attitude and impact of perceived depression in the workplace.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesDepression is experienced by a large proportion of the workforce and associated with high costs to employers and employees. There is little research on how the social costs of depression vary by social and cultural context. This study investigates individual, workplace and societal factors associated with greater perceived discomfort regarding depression in the workplace, greater likelihood of employees taking time off of work as a result of depression and greater likelihood of disclosure of depression to one's employer.
methodsEmployees and managers (n = 7,065) were recruited from seven European countries to participate in the IDEA survey. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine associations between individual characteristics and country contextual characteristics in relation to workplace perceptions, likelihood of taking time off work and disclosing depression to an employer.
resultsOur findings suggest that structural factors such as benefit systems and flexible working hours are important for understanding workplace perceptions and consequences for employees with depression. However, manager responses that focus on offering help to the employee with depression appear to have stronger associations with positive perceptions in the workplace, and also with openness and disclosure by employees with depression.
conclusionThis study highlights the importance of individual, workplace and societal factors that may be associated with how people with depression are perceived and treated in the workplace, and, hence, factors that may be associated with openness and disclosure among employees with depression. Some responses, such as flexible working hours, may be helpful but are not necessarily sufficient, and our findings also emphasise the importance of support and openness of managers in addition to flexible working hours.
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