title: Severe depressive symptoms as predictor of disability pension: a 10-year follow-up study in Denmark.
abstract: Are severe depressive symptoms prospectively associated with disability pension? To answer that question, we linked data from a representative sample of the Danish workforce with disability pension (DP) award data from the National Registry on Public Transfer Payments. Of the 5106 study participants, 111 employees (2.2%) received DP during the 10-year follow-up. Severe depressive symptoms, reported in 1995, predicted DP award during follow-up (adjusted hazard ratio = 2.38, 95% confidence interval 1.22-4.66). Further research is needed to understand more fully the pathway(s) from severe depressive symptoms to DP.
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark. u.bultmann@med.umcg.nl
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bültmann
authors.forename: Karl B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burr
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: Reiner
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rugulies
mesh_terms: D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D018868:Insurance, Disability / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010415:Pensions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index