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Overtime Work as a Predictor of a Major Depressive Episode

Stephanie Chalupka, EdD, RN, PHCNS-BC, FAAOHN

  • Workplace Health & Safety (formerly AAOHN Journal)
  • April 2012 - Volume 60 · Issue 4: 192
  • DOI: 10.3928/21650799-20120328-26
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Abstract

Data from middle-aged civil servants in the Whitehall II Study suggest that working long hours of overtime may predispose workers to major depressive episodes.

AUTHORS

Dr. Chalupka is Professor and Chair, Dr. Lillian R. Goodman Department of Nursing, Worcester State University, Worcester; and Visiting Scientist, Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Address correspondence to Stephanie Chalupka, EdD, RN, PHCNS-BC, FAAOHN, Professor and Chair, Dr. Lillian R. Goodman Department of Nursing, Worcester State University, 486 Chandler Street, Worcester, MA 01602-2597. E-mail: stephanie.chalupka@worcester.edu

doi: 10.3928/21650799-20120328-26

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