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Trial reportPloS one2016

Work Engagement as a Predictor of Onset of Major Depressive Episode (MDE) among Workers, Independent of Psychological Distress: A 3-Year Prospective Cohort Study.

Kotaro Imamura, Norito Kawakami, Akiomi Inoue, Akihito Shimazu, Akizumi Tsutsumi, Masaya Takahashi, Takafumi Totsuzaki

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Trial report in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kotaro ImamuraDepartment of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Norito KawakamiDepartment of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Akiomi InoueDepartment of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Akihito ShimazuDepartment of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Akizumi TsutsumiDepartment of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan.
Masaya TakahashiHealth Administration and Psychosocial Factor Research Group, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan, Kawasaki, Japan.
Takafumi TotsuzakiUchisaiwaicho Medical Center, Mizuho Health Insurance Society, Tokyo, Japan.
The University of Tokyo · JPKitasato University · JPNational Institute of Occupational Safety and Health · JPUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study investigated work engagement as a baseline predictor of onset of major depressive episode (MDE).

methodsThe study used a prospective cohort design, conforming to the STROBE checklist. Participants were recruited from the employee population of a private think tank company (N = 4,270), and 1,058 (24.8%) of them completed a baseline survey, of whom 929 were included in this study. Work engagement and psychological distress at baseline were assessed as predictor variables. MDE was measured at baseline and at each of the follow-ups as the outcome, using the web-based, self-administered version of the Japanese WHO-CIDI 3.0 depression section based upon DSM-IV-TR/DSM-5 criteria. Cox discrete-time hazards analyses were conducted to estimate hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals CIs).

resultsFollow-up rates of participants (N = 929) were 78.4%, 67.2%, and 51.6% at 1-, 2-, and 3-year follow-ups, respectively. The association between work engagement at baseline and the onset of MDE was U-shaped. Compared with a group with low work engagement scores, groups with the middle and high scores showed significantly (HR = 0.19, 95% CI = 0.05 to 0.64; p = 0.007) and marginally significantly (HR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.20 to 1.15, p = 0.099) lower risks of MDE, respectively, over the follow-ups, after adjusting for covariates. The pattern remained the same after additionally adjusting for psychological distress.

conclusionsThe present study first demonstrated work engagement as an important predictor of the onset of MDE diagnosed according to an internationally standard diagnostic criteria of mental disorders.

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Work PerformanceAdultDepressionFemaleHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesStress, Psychological

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PMID26841020
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