title: Factors perceived by employees regarding their sick leave due to depression.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Depression is a leading factor of work disability throughout the world. However, a paucity of studies investigated factors related to the development of depression in the workplace prior to sick leave. This qualitative study aims to describe the factors related to the onset of depression at work prior to sick leave.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study followed a descriptive interpretive design. Interviews were conducted with 22 individuals (15 women) who experienced depression while they were employed within an organization. The verbatim transcripts were coded using QDA-Miner software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants (n = 22) reported that their depression was partially or completely related to their work. From the analysis of all 22 participants' interviews transcripts, three major themes emerged: (1) work-related psychosocial risk factors (e.g. factors related to supervisors' attitudes and behaviors), (2) the individual's experience in employment (e.g. reactions to symptoms) and (3) the period preceding the sick leave of individuals who experienced depression (e.g. communication with the supervisor).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results support the importance of preventive intervention oriented toward decreasing psychosocial risks within organizations, and detecting workers at risk. Future studies should focus on factors that might influence individuals in their decision to reveal or not their difficulties to their supervisors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The conditions in which employees were working before they started their leave of absence should be identified; notably (1) relationships with organizational stakeholders (e.g. immediate supervisor, colleagues) and (2) psychosocial risk factors (e.g. work overload, over-commitment). A good relationship between the immediate supervisor and the employee is an important factor to prevent sick leave due to depression. The supervisors should be informed quickly after the first appearance of depressive symptoms in employees in order to implement feasible and appropriate accommodations as soon as possible.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Education, Université du Québec à Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada .
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corbière
authors.affiliation: b Association Québécoise Pour La Réadaptation Psychosociale , Québec , Canada .
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Samson
authors.affiliation: c Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé En Santé Et En Sécurité Du Travail (IRSST) , Montréal , Quebec , Canada .
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Negrini
authors.affiliation: d Faculty of Education , Centre de Recherche et D'intervention sur L'Éducation et la vie au Travail (CRIEVAT), Université Laval , Québec , Quebec , Canada .
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: St-Arnaud
authors.affiliation: e School of Rehabilitation, Centre for Action in Work Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (CAPRIT), Université de Sherbrooke , Longueuil , Quebec , Canada , and.
authors.forename: Marie-José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.affiliation: e School of Rehabilitation, Centre for Action in Work Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (CAPRIT), Université de Sherbrooke , Longueuil , Quebec , Canada , and.
authors.forename: Marie-France
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Coutu
authors.affiliation: e School of Rehabilitation, Centre for Action in Work Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (CAPRIT), Université de Sherbrooke , Longueuil , Quebec , Canada , and.
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sauvé
authors.affiliation: f Department of Psychology , Université de Montréal , Montréal , Quebec , Canada.
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lecomte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D018582:Sick Leave; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Depression; interviews; mental health; psychosocial risk factors; sick leave; workplace