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SynthesisLa Medicina del lavoro2024

Depression and Anxiety in Voluntarily Unemployed People: A Systematic Review.

Ivan Borrelli, Paolo Emilio Santoro, Giuseppe Melcore, Antongiulio Perrotta, Maria Francesca Rossi, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Umberto Moscato

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7 authors.

Ivan BorrelliDepartment of Health Science and Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Paolo Emilio SantoroDepartment of Health Science and Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy/Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Public Health Section, Fondazione Policlinico Univer-sitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe MelcoreDepartment of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Occupational Health Section, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Antongiulio PerrottaDepartment of Prevention, U.O.S.T. Interdistrettuale Ambienti di Lavoro Ambito Sud, Asl Salerno, Italy.
Maria Francesca RossiDepartment of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Occupational Health Section, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Maria Rosaria GualanoSaint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, UniCamillus, Rome, Italy.
Umberto MoscatoDepartment of Health Science and Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy/Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Public Health Section, Fondazione Policlinico Univer-sitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy/Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Occupational Health Section, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUnemployment impacts people's physical and psychological well-being, and gender and age affect mental health among the unemployed. Despite the correlation between unemployment and negative mental health outcomes being largely investigated in scientific literature, research on voluntarily unemployed individuals is scarce. A systematic review was performed on studies evaluating mental health outcomes in voluntarily unemployed adults.

methodsFollowing the PRISMA statements, three databases were screened; research articles written in English investigating the relationship between mental health outcomes and employment status were included. The quality of articles was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

resultsThe initial search yielded 727 records; 4 studies were included in this systematic review. One study reported voluntarily unemployed people as less depressed than employed and unemployed people, one as more depressed than employed but less than unemployed people, one reported voluntarily unemployed people as less anxious but more depressed than employed and less anxious and depressed than unemployed people, one study reported voluntarily unemployed men as depressed and anxious more often than employed men. Further research should investigate mental health outcomes in voluntarily unemployed people and strategies to bring back these individuals into the workforce.

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AnxietyDepressionUnemploymentHumans

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PMID39450635
PMCPMC11562668

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