Emotional demands at work and risk of hospital-treated depressive disorder in up to 1.6 million Danish employees: a prospective nationwide register-based cohort study

• Main Authors: Ida EH Madsen (Author), Jeppe Karl Sørensen (Author), Julie Eskildsen Bruun (Author), Elisabeth Framke (Author), Hermann Burr (Author), Maria Melchior (Author), Børge Sivertsen (Author), Stephen Stansfeld (Author), Mika Kivimäki (Author), Reiner Rugulies (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: Previous studies on effects of emotional demands on depression have relied on self-reported exposure data and lacked control for potential confounding by pre-employment risk factors for depression. This study used a register-based design to examine the risk of hospital-treated depressive...