Work ability in sick-listed patients with major depressive disorder.
Occup Med (Lond)
; 58(7): 475-9, 2008 Oct.
Article
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| ID: mdl-18667389
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is often a chronic relapsing disease resulting in work disability. For evaluation purposes a practical set of aspects of work ability would be helpful.AIM:
To identify the most important disease-specific aspects of work ability for sick-listed employees with MDD.METHODS:
An expert brainstorming session identified the specific abilities that were thought to be associated with work ability in sick-listed employees with MDD and that could also be associated with the items of the Hamilton Rating scale for Depression. Sixty-four insurance physicians (IPs) were then selected to participate in a two-round Delphi study. The aim of the first Delphi round was to identify the abilities that were thought to be important by at least 80% of the IPs. In the second Delphi round, the abilities ranked in the top 10 by at least 55% of the IPs were identified as being the most important items.RESULTS:
Sixty-one IPs participated in the two Delphi rounds. The most important abilities to be evaluated in work ability evaluation for sick-listed employees with MDD were to take notice, to sustain attention, to focus attention, to complete operations, to think in a goal-directed manner, to remember, to perform routine operations, to undertake structured work activities, to recall and to perform autonomously.CONCLUSION:
According to 55% of the IPs, there were 10 important aspects of work ability that have to be considered in a work ability evaluation of sick-listed employees with MDD.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Avaliação da Capacidade de Trabalho
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Transtorno Depressivo Maior
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Occup Med (Lond)
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Holanda