Bidirectional associations between workplace bullying and sickness absence due to common mental disorders - a propensity-score matched cohort study.

Autor: Holmgren R; Stress Research Institute, Division of Psychobiology and Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. rebecka.holmgren@su.se., Grotta A; Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden & Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Farrants K; Division of Insurance Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Magnusson Hanson LL; Stress Research Institute, Division of Psychobiology and Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2024 Mar 08; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 744. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 08.
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18214-5
Abstrakt: Background: The link between workplace bullying and poor mental health is well-known. However, little is known about the prospective and potentially reciprocal association between workplace bullying and mental health-related sickness absence. This 2-year prospective study examined bidirectional associations between exposure to workplace bullying and sickness absence due to common mental disorders (SA-CMD) while controlling for confounding factors from both work and private life.
Methods: The study was based on propensity score-matched samples (N = 3216 and N = 552) from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health, using surveys from years 2012, 2014 and 2016. Self-reported exposure to workplace bullying was linked to registry-based information regarding medically certified SA-CMD (≥ 14 consecutive days). The associations were examined by means of Cox proportional hazards regression and via conditional logistic regression analysis. Hazard ratios and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were estimated.
Results: Exposure to workplace bullying was associated with an increased risk of incident SA-CMD (HR: 1.3, 95% CI: 1.0-1.8), after accounting for the influence of job demands, decision authority, previous SA-CMD, as well as other sociodemographic covariates. However, we found no statistically significant association between SA-CMD and subsequent workplace bullying (OR 1.2, 95% CI 0.7-1.9).
Conclusions: The results support an association between self-reported workplace bullying and SA-CMD, independent of other sociodemographic factors and workplace stressors. Preventing workplace bullying could alleviate a share of the individual and societal burden caused by SA globally.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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