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dc.contributor.authorHilton, Michael F
dc.contributor.authorScuffham, Paul A
dc.contributor.authorSheridan, Judith
dc.contributor.authorCleary, Catherine M
dc.contributor.authorVecchio, Nerina
dc.contributor.authorWhiteford, Harvey A
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:21:39Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:21:39Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-06-24T05:18:17Z
dc.identifier.issn1076-2752
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181b2ea30
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/28464
dc.description.abstractObjectives: In a large cross-sectional study, this article investigates associations between employee work productivity, psychological distress, and the treatment of mental disorders. Methods: Sixty thousand five hundred fifty-six Australian employees completed the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ). The HPQ quantified treatment seeking behavior for depression, anxiety, or other mental disorders. The HPQ also evaluated the level of psychological distress (Kessler 6 [K6]) and employee productivity measures. Results: The productivity of employees without psychological distress and who have not been in treatment of a mental disorder was 20% (SE = 0.3%). The productivity of a successfully treated employee (low K6) for a mental disorder was 17% (SE = 0.6%). Conclusions: Treatment of mental disorders resulting in normalization of symptoms is associated with employees' productivity returning to values approaching those of employees without a history of a mental disorder.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom996
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1003
dc.relation.ispartofissue9
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofvolume51
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode380108
dc.titleThe association between mental disorders and productivity in treated and untreated employees
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorScuffham, Paul A.


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