Optimism and pessimism as predictors of work disability with a diagnosis of : a prospective cohort study of onset and recovery.

Kim Kronström 1, * Hasse Karlsson 2 Hermann Nabi 3 Tuula Oksanen 4 Paula Salo 5 Noora Sjösten 5 Marianna Virtanen 6 Jaana Pentti 5 Mika Kivimäki 7 Jussi Vahtera 8
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1 Department of Psychiatry
2 Department of Psychiatry
3 CESP - Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations
4 Department of Society, Human Development and Health
5 Unit of Excellence for Psychosocial Factors
6 Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
7 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
8 Department of Public Health
Abstract : BACKGROUND: Personality characteristics are assumed to affect to the vulnerability to depression and its outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine optimism and pessimism as predictors of depression-related work disability and subsequent return to work. METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study of 38,214 public sector employees with no record of diagnosed depression. Optimism and pessimism were measured using the Revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R). Records of long-term (>90 days) work disability with a diagnosis of depression and subsequent return to work until the end of 2005 were obtained from the national health registers. RESULTS: During the mean follow-up of 4.0 (SD=2.3) years, 287 employees encountered work disability with a diagnosis of depression. Of them, 164 (57%) returned to work during the follow-up. One unit increase in the optimism mean score (range 1-4) was associated with a 25% lower risk of work disability due to depression and a 37% higher probability of returning to work after a work disability period when adjusted for age and sex. In the fully-adjusted model hazard ratios per one unit increase in optimism were 0.79 (95% CI 0.66-0.96) for work disability and 1.30 (95% CI 1.01-1.66) for return to work. The pessimism mean score (range 1-4) was only associated with a lower probability of returning to work (fully-adjusted HR per one unit increase 0.66, 95% Cl 0.49-0.88). CONCLUSION: The level of optimism was a stronger predictor of work disability with a diagnosis of depression than the level of pessimism, while both optimism and pessimism predicted returning to work.
Keywords : optimism pessimism depression work disability
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Journal of Affective Disorders, Elsevier, 2011, 130 (1-2), pp.294-9. 〈10.1016/j.jad.2010.10.003〉
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Kim Kronström, Hasse Karlsson, Hermann Nabi, Tuula Oksanen, Paula Salo, et al.. Optimism and pessimism as predictors of work disability with a diagnosis of : a prospective cohort study of onset and recovery.. Journal of Affective Disorders, Elsevier, 2011, 130 (1-2), pp.294-9. 〈10.1016/j.jad.2010.10.003〉. 〈inserm-00550771〉

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