The potential of using hair cortisol to measure chronic stress in occupational healthcare: a scoping review

Objectives: Workplace-based selective prevention of mental health problems currently relies on subjective evaluation of stress complaints. Hair cortisol captures chronic stress responses and could be a promising biomarker for the early identification of mental health problems. The objective was to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art...

Factors associated with work participation and work functioning in depressed workers: A systematic review

Background Depression is associated with negative work outcomes such as reduced work participation (WP) (e.g., sick leave duration, work status) and work functioning (WF) (e.g., loss of productivity, work limitations). For the development of evidence-based interventions to improve these work outcomes, factors predicting WP and WF have to be...

Irrational beliefs in employees with an adjustment, a depressive, or an anxiety disorder: A prospective cohort study

It remains unclear if patients with different types of common mental disorders, such as adjustment, anxiety and depressive disorders, have the same irrational ideas. The aim of this prospective cohort study (n = 190) is to investigate differences in level and type of irrational beliefs among these groups and to examine whether a change in...

Predicting the duration of sickness absence for patients with common mental disorders in occupational health care

Objectives: This study attempted to determine the factors that best predict the duration of absence from work among employees with common mental disorders. Methods: A cohort of 188 employees, of whom 102 were teachers, on sick leave with common mental disorders was followed for 1 year. Only information potentially available to the occupational...

Effectiviteit van persoonsgebonden interventies bij verzuim door psychische aandoeningen

Dit artikel geeft een overzicht van vijf studies over de effectiviteit van persoonsgebonden interventies bij werknemers die verzuimen door psychische aandoeningen. De bestudeerde interventies verschillen in betrokken disciplines, duur, intensiteit en frequentie. De inhoud van de interventies is echter in grote lijnen hetzelfde. Er wordt gebruik...

De waarde van de DASS bij verzuimbeleid: sensitiviteit en specificiteit van een psychopathologie-maat

Bijna een kwart van het ziekteverzuim en eenderde van de WAO-instroom wordt veroorzaakt door psychische klachten. Deze klachten lopen uiteen van stressgerelateerde klachten tot ernstige klinische problematiek. Met name in de arbocuratieve sector is het van groot belang om snel en eenvoudig tot een eerste diagnose te komen, zodat interventies...

Validation of performance indicators for rehabilitation of workers with mental health problems

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate content validity and predictive validity of 11 performance indicators for the rehabilitation of workers with mental health problems. Research Design and Subjects: Content validity was assessed by experts who evaluated the validity of the performance indicators in 2 Delphi rounds. Predictive...

Supervisory behaviour as a predictor of return to work in employees absent from work due to mental health problems

Aims: To study supervisory behaviour as a predictive factor for return to work of employees absent due to mental health problems; and to explore the association between conditional factors and supervisory behaviour. Methods: Eighty five supervisors of employees were interviewed by telephone. Questionnaires providing information on person related...

The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS): Detecting anxiety disorder and depression in employees absent from work because of mental health problems

Aims: To (1) evaluate the psychometric properties and (2) examine the ability to detect cases with anxiety disorder and depression in a population of employees absent from work because of mental health problems. Methods: Internal consistency, construct validity, and criterion validity of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) were assessed....