TY - JOUR
T1 - Change of employment status in patients with depression – A longitudinal study using national claims data
AU - Thi Ngoc Pham, An
AU - Chang, Hui Chih
AU - Malau, Ikbal Andrian
AU - Chiu, Wei Che
AU - Huang, Kuo Cherh
AU - Chang, Jane Pei Chen
AU - Tang, Chao Hsiun
AU - Su, Kuan Pin
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank all the support from the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare Clinical Trial Center, China Medical University Hospital, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan, An-Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan, Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, and China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Funding Information:
This study is partly supported by the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare Clinical Trial Center ( MOHW111-TDU-B-212–124004 ), China Medical University Hospital ( DMR-111-105 ). The following grants supported the authors of this work: MOST 109-2320-B-038-057-MY3 , 109-2320-B-039-066 , 110-2321-B-006-004 , 111-2321-B-006-008 , 110-2811-B-039-507 , 110-2320-B-039–048-MY2 , and 110-2320-B-039–047-MY3 from the Ministry of Science and Technology , Taiwan; ANHRF 109-31 , 109-40 , 110-13 , 110-26 , 110-44 , and 110-45 from An-Nan Hospital, China Medical University , Tainan, Taiwan; CMRC-CMA-2 from Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education ( MOE ), Taiwan; CMU110-AWARD-02 , CMU108-SR-106 from the China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; and CRS-108-048 , DMR-102-076 , DMR-103-084 , DMR-106-225 , DMR-107-204 , DMR-108-216 , DMR-109-102 , DMR-109-244 , DMR-HHC-109-11 , DMR-HHC-109-12 , DMR-HHC-110-10 , and DMR-110-124 from the China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Depression increases an individual's risk of work disability, sick leave, unemployment, and early retirement. This population-based study identified 3673 depressive patients utilizing national claim data from Taiwan and aimed to investigate changes in employment status among depressive patients, compared to matched controls, with the longest observation of up to 12 years. This study found depressive patients had an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.24 for changing to non-income earners compared to controls. Moreover, younger age, lower payroll bracket, urbanity, and geographical area were associated with increased risk among patients with depression. Despite these increased risks, most depressive patients remained employed.
AB - Depression increases an individual's risk of work disability, sick leave, unemployment, and early retirement. This population-based study identified 3673 depressive patients utilizing national claim data from Taiwan and aimed to investigate changes in employment status among depressive patients, compared to matched controls, with the longest observation of up to 12 years. This study found depressive patients had an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.24 for changing to non-income earners compared to controls. Moreover, younger age, lower payroll bracket, urbanity, and geographical area were associated with increased risk among patients with depression. Despite these increased risks, most depressive patients remained employed.
KW - Depression
KW - Employment
KW - Income earner
KW - Population-based study
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103595
DO - 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103595
M3 - Article
C2 - 37099922
AN - SCOPUS:85153230750
SN - 1876-2018
VL - 84
JO - Asian Journal of Psychiatry
JF - Asian Journal of Psychiatry
M1 - 103595
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