TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Depression and Occupational Injury: Results of a Pilot Investigation
JO  - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
A1  - Peele, Pamela B.
A1  - Tollerud, D. J.
SP  - 424
EP  - 427
VL  - 47
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE:: Even mild clinical depression can cause decreased vigilance, attention span, increased irritability, and insomnia-all well-known precursors to occupational injury. This pilot project explores the relationship between occupational injury and depression. METHOD:: One hundred twenty-one individuals with recent work-related injuries and 140 without work-related injuries completed a self-administered depression screening instrument (PHQ-9). We compared the two groups using bivariate analyses. The impact of depression on injury was examined using logistic regression analysis controlling for employment history, marital status, age, and sex. RESULTS:: Overall, injured workers in this study were not more likely to be depressed than a comparison group of uninjured workers. However, injured women had significantly higher depression scores than noninjured women (P = 0.04); no such difference was found for men. CONCLUSIONS:: These data suggest that depression may serve as a precursor to occupational injury for women.
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SN  - 1076-2752
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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