Key result
Severe depressive symptoms were prospectively associated with an increased risk of receiving a disability pension over a 10-year follow-up (adjusted HR 2.38; 95% CI 1.22-4.66).
Why the study?
Are severe depressive symptoms prospectively associated with disability pension in the Danish workforce?
Cohort (n=5,106)
Are severe depressive symptoms prospectively associated with disability pension in the Danish workforce?
Hazard Ratio: 2.38 (95% CI 1.22–4.66)
Severe depressive symptoms are a significant predictor of receiving a disability pension over a 10-year period in the Danish workforce.
Should not yet change practice; hypothesis-generating for trials testing whether depression treatment reduces disability pension risk.
Are severe depressive symptoms prospectively associated with disability pension? To answer that question, we linked data from a representative sample of the Danish workforce with disability pension (DP) award data from the National Registry on Public Transfer Payments. Of the 5106 study participants, 111 employees (2.2%) received DP during the 10-year follow-up. Severe depressive symptoms, reported in 1995, predicted DP award during follow-up (adjusted hazard ratio = 2.38, 95% confidence interval 1.22-4.66). Further research is needed to understand more fully the pathway(s) from severe depressive symptoms to DP.
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Bültmann et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in Severe depressive symptoms (n=5,106). Severe depressive symptoms was evaluated on Disability pension award (HR 2.38, 95% CI 1.22-4.66). Severe depressive symptoms were prospectively associated with an increased risk of receiving a disability pension over a 10-year follow-up (adjusted HR 2.38; 95% CI 1.22-4.66).
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