Kirsi Ahola

..We analysed the overlap of job-related burnout and depressive disorders, i.e., major depressive disorder, dysthymia, and minor depressive disorder...

..The contribution of occupational burnout to medically certified sickness absence was examined in a population-based sample of employees...

..The diagnosis for which the disability pension was granted was also examined in relation to the level of burnout...

..This study examined whether patient overcrowding in hospital wards predicts diagnosis-specific mental disorders among staff...

..The authors analysed whether the intervention resulted in universal, selected or indicated prevention...

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..To explore the relationship between burnout and behavior-related health risk factors...

..Work disability due to common mental disorders has increased in Western countries during the past decade. The contribution of depressive, anxiety, and alcohol use disorders to all disability pensions at the population level is not known...

..Burnout, a psychological consequence of prolonged work stress, has been shown to coexist with physical and mental disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate whether burnout is related to all-cause mortality among employees...

..We investigated whether burnout would predict disability in initially healthy employees and all subgroups by the most common causes for disability...

..To study participation in occupational and individual-focused interventions in relation to burnout...

..Burnout has been presented as an antecedent of depression, but longitudinal data are lacking. We investigated whether burnout mediates the association between job strain and depressive symptoms...

..The objective of this study was to investigate the contribution of burnout to the association between job strain and depression...

..This study, carried out in Finland 2000-2003, examined the associations of low social support at work and in private life with DSM-IV depressive and anxiety disorders and subsequent antidepressant medication...

..The authors examined whether living alone predicts the use of antidepressant medication and whether socioeconomic, psychosocial, or behavioral factors explain this association...

..We compared the strength of associations of three SEP components-occupation, income and education-with common mental disorders in a Finnish population...

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..This study examined whether indicators of poor health and health risk behaviors among hospital staff differ between the ward specialties...

..The association between burnout and physical diseases has been studied very little. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between burnout and physical illness in a representative nationwide population health study...

..Population-based studies on the association between work stress and mental disorders are scarce, and it is not known whether work stress predicts mental disorders requiring treatment...

..To investigate the relationship of burnout to alcohol dependence and high alcohol consumption...

..However, evidence of an association between overcrowding and aggressive behaviour among patients is mixed and limited to small-scale studies...

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..We investigated the relative differences in the level of burnout between groups based on various socio-demographic factors in the population-based Finnish sample...

..This study examined whether students' self-assessed satisfaction with school predicted sickness absence among teachers in Finnish secondary schools...

..71, 95% confidence interval: 1.27, 2.30). This study indicates that working and living in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with increased risk of sick leave among female teachers...

..The objective of this prospective occupational cohort study was to examine whether a negative change during an organisational merger is an independent predictive factor of psychiatric morbidity...

..The relationship between alexithymia and occupational burnout has not previously been studied. We investigated the association between alexithymia and occupational burnout in a representative nationwide population health study...