Study protocol for examining job strain as a risk factor for severe unipolar depression in an individual participant meta-analysis of 14 European cohorts [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/30q]

Background: Previous studies have shown that gainfully employed individuals with high work demands and low control at work (denoted “job strain”) are at increased risk of common mental disorders, including depression. Most existing studies have, however, measured depression using self-rated symptom...

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Main Authors: Ida E. H. Madsen, Harald Hannerz, Solja T. Nyberg, Linda L. Magnusson Hanson, Kirsi Ahola, Lars Alfredsson, G. David Batty, Jakob B. Bjorner, Marianne Borritz, Hermann Burr, Nico Dragano, Jane E. Ferrie, Mark Hamer, Markus Jokela, Anders Knutsson, Markku Koskenvuo, Aki Koskinen, Constanze Leineweber, Martin L. Nielsen, Maria Nordin, Tuula Oksanen, Jan H. Pejtersen, Jaana Pentti, Paula Salo, Archana Singh-Manoux, Sakari Suominen, Töres Theorell, Salla Toppinen-Tanner, Jussi Vahtera, Ari Väänänen, Peter J. M Westerholm, Hugo Westerlund, Eleonor Fransson, Katriina Heikkilä, Marianna Virtanen, Reiner Rugulies, Mika Kivimäki, for the IPD-Work Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2014-02-01
Series:F1000Research
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Online Access:http://f1000research.com/articles/2-233/v2