Downloaded from www.sjweh.fi on July 02, 2018 Review Scand J Work Environ Health 2018;44(3):239-250 doi:10.5271/sjweh.3712 Long working hours and depressive symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data by Virtanen M, Jokela M, Madsen IEH, Magnusson Hanson LL, Lallukka T, Nyberg S, Alfredsson L, Batty GD, Bjorner B, Borritz M, Burr H, Dragano N, Erbel R, Ferrie JE, Heikkilä K, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Lahelma E, Nielsen L, Oksanen T, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rahkonen O, Rugulies R, Salo P, Schupp J, Shipley MJ, Siegrist J, Singh-Manoux A, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Wagner GG, Wang JL, Yiengprugsawan V, Westerlund H, Kivimäki M This study was the first large-scale meta-analysis of prospective studies on long working hours and the onset of depression, including both published data and unpublished individual participant data (189 729 participants from Europe, Asia, North America and Australia). The findings suggested an increased risk of depression linked to prior overtime work in Europe and, to an even higher extent, in Asia. Affiliation: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, PO Box 40, 00032 Työterveyslaitos, Finland.
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