Open AccessExposure to workplace violence and threats and risk of depression: a prospective study
Author(s) -
Laura A Rudkjoebing,
Åse Marie Hansen,
Reiner Rugulies,
Henrik Albert Kolstad,
Jens Peter Bonde
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3976
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , medicine , economics , macroeconomics
Several studies have examined the health consequences of workplace threats and violence, however, due to methodological issues the epidemiological evidence is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the prospective association between self-labelled exposure to work-related threats and violence and the risk of depression, measured by a standardized psychiatric interview and new prescriptions of anti-depressive medication.