Unemployment and mental health

[...]even in many well-designed observational studies, the threat of residual confounding remains through inaccurate measurement, ignorance of important confounders and covariates, and having to leave out 'unquantifiable' key factors. 5 By comparing individuals with themselves, the authors...

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Published in:Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) England), 2016-11, Vol.73 (11), p.717-718
Main Author: Øverland, Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
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Commentary
Employment
Health promotion
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Observational studies
Prescription drugs
Studies
Unemployment
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Summary:[...]even in many well-designed observational studies, the threat of residual confounding remains through inaccurate measurement, ignorance of important confounders and covariates, and having to leave out 'unquantifiable' key factors. 5 By comparing individuals with themselves, the authors controlled for factors that remain unchanged over time within that individual. The quality of work is of high importance, 11 and an Australian study found that mental health benefits of return to work were contingent on the psychosocial qualities in the new job. 12 Finally, when Kaspersen et al demonstrated these effects in such a large scale study, it reminds us that striving for a general low unemployment rate is an important component of universal mental health promoting policies.
ISSN:1351-0711
1470-7926
DOI:10.1136/oemed-2016-103831