title: Interpersonal sensitivity associated with return to work status following sick leave: a cross-sectional study among Japanese workers with major depressive disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the relationship between return to work (RTW) from sick leave (SL) and personality traits in workers with major depressive disorder (MDD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-eight Japanese individuals with ≥2 weeks of SL episode and with ≥2 months of pharmacotherapy history were assessed. Measurements included Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D), Neuroticism, and Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure (IPSM). Multivariate analyses were conducted to clarify the association between personality traits and RTW status. In order to minimize the state effect of depressive symptoms to personality traits, we performed an additional analysis among a subgroup of subjects in remission (HAM-D ≤7).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-seven subjects (42.0%) had returned to work. Among whole subjects, factors associated with RTW status were: shorter SL duration in the past 5 years, longer treatment duration of the recent major depressive episode, HAM-D ≤7, and IPSM ≤94. In the subgroup of remission subjects (n=53), factors associated with RTW status were: IPSM ≤94, no comorbid current anxiety disorder, and shorter SL duration in the past 5 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Low interpersonal sensitivity, along with depression remission, was associated with post-SL RTW status among workers with MDD.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Self-Defense Force Fukuoka Hospital, Japan.
authors: Tetsuo
authors: T
authors: Ogawa
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Shigemura
authors: Aihide
authors: A
authors: Yoshino
authors: Soichiro
authors: S
authors: Nomura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D062707:Return to Work / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D018582:Sick Leave; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult