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Symptomatology of depressive state in the workplace

A 20-year cohort study

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Authors investigated symptomatology of depressive state among workers in a 20-year study. A cohort of 167 men of a company in Japan, aged 18–40 years old at baseline in 1985 was researched as a study sample. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Zung’s self-rating depression scale (SDS) consisting of 6 somatic- and 14 psychological-symptom items. In a logistic regression analysis, sleep disturbance and fatigue, and total somatic-symptom scores were related to both future and long-term depressive state (all P < 0.05), after adjusting age and other variables. Although many unrecognized cases of depression exist, they may report somatic symptoms as potential depressive state.

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I would like to thank Dr. Stephan Gilman and Ms. Kaja LeWinn, Harvard School of Public Health for their valuable suggestions.

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  1. Dept. of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan

    Takeaki Takeuchi MD, MPH, PhD, Mutsuhiro Nakao & Eiji Yano

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Takeuchi, T., Nakao, M. & Yano, E. Symptomatology of depressive state in the workplace. Soc Psychiat Epidemiol 43, 343–348 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-008-0306-4

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