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To evaluate the prospective relationship between major depression, minor depression, and days lost from work or spent disabled.

November 21, 1990JAMA

Depression, disability days, and days lost from work in a prospective epidemiologic survey

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To evaluate the prospective relationship between major depression, minor depression, and days lost from work or spent disabled.
Prospective epidemiologic cohort analysis using data from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study in North Carolina.
Assessed N=2,980 community participants at baseline and after 1 year of follow-up for depressive disorders and associated disability days.
Major depression was associated with a 4.78-fold greater risk of disability compared with asymptomatic individuals (risk ratio: 4.78; 95% CI, 1.64 to 13.88).
Minor depression with mood disturbance conferred a 1.55-fold greater risk of disability (risk ratio: 1.55; 95% CI, 1.00 to 2.40) and generated 51% more total disability days in the community than major depression.
Individuals with minor depression exhibited elevated risks of comorbid anxiety disorders or advancing to major depression within 1 year.

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Prospective cohort study reveals increased disability risk from both minor and major depression in community adults, suggesting diagnostic thresholds overlook substantial morbidity.

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W E Broadhead (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a16f65c83b2be9fec6b9d23 https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.264.19.2524

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Prospective cohort study reveals increased disability risk from both minor and major depression in community adults, suggesting diagnostic thresholds overlook substantial morbidity.

Depression, disability days, and days lost from work in a prospective epidemiologic survey

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