Jaana I. Halonen|Aki Koskinen|Pekka Varje|Anne Kouvonen|Jari Hakanen|Ari Väänänen
Mental health by gender-specific occupational groups: Profiles, risks and dominance of predictors
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health|Finnish Institute of Occupational Health|Finnish Institute of Occupational Health|University of Helsinki|University of Social Sciences and Humanities|Queen's University Belfast|Finnish Institute of Occupational Health|Finnish Institute of Occupational Health|University of Kent
defined genderspecific profiles mental illhealth main occupational groups using three outcomes antidepressant use sickness absence sa due depression suicides also examined occupational groups highest risk outcomes compared importance predictorsfrom random register cohort finnish working age population individuals six largest occupational groups 2004 men women included n 414 357 used register data define first antidepressant purchase ie use first longterm sa spell depression suicide jan 1st 2005 dec 31st 2014 assessed risk outcome occupational group logistic regression models used dominance analysis compare relative importance predictorsin six occupational groups women prevalence antidepressant use sa depression higher mens occupational groups opposite observed suicides risk antidepressant use lower risk suicide 2times higher among men low vs highskilled occupations among women lower skilllevel associated higher risk sa due depression gender important predictor outcomeswe lacked information history medication use health problems prior followupgendered occupational status underlying factor explaining distinctive mental health profiles working population occupational classdependent behavioural patterns related mental health existed among men