Symptomatology of depressive state in the workplace. A 20-year cohort study.
Authors investigated symptomatology of depressive state among workers in a 20-year study. A cohort of 167 men of a company in Japan, aged 18-40 years old at baseline in 1985 was researched as a study sample. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Zung's self-rating depression scale (SDS) consisting of 6 somatic- and 14 psychological-symptom items. In a logistic regression analysis, sleep disturbance and fatigue, and total somatic-symptom scores were related to both future and long-term depressive state (all P < 0.05), after adjusting age and other variables. Although many unrecognized cases of depression exist, they may report somatic symptoms as potential depressive state.
Takeuchi
Takeaki
T
Dept. of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan. takeakij@post.harvard.edu
Nakao
Mutsuhiro
M
Yano
Eiji
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*