Paid care work and depression: a longitudinal study of antidepressant treatment in female eldercare workers before and after entering their profession.

Background: Previous studies have reported that employees in paid care work (e.g., child, health, and elderly care) have increased rates of hospitalization with depression and treatment with antidepressants.

Salivary cortisol and sleep problems among civil servants.

Objective: The present study used information from a field study conducted among 4489 civil servants (70% women) in Denmark in 2007. The purpose was to examine the association between sleep problems and salivary cortisol by using a cross-sectional design with repeated measures in a subsample three-month later.

Methods: Sleep problems during the past night and the past 4 weeks were assessed by a self-administered questionnaire on overall sleep quality, disturbed sleep, sleep length and awakening problems.

Client-related work tasks and meaning of work: results from a longitudinal study among eldercare workers in Denmark.

Purpose: To investigate the association between the perception of client-related work tasks and the experience of meaning of work among eldercare workers in the Danish eldercare sector.

Methods: We used baseline and follow-up questionnaire data from 3,985 female eldercare workers. The eldercare workers' perception of the client-related work tasks was measured by six items.

The impact of self-reported exposure to whole-body-vibrations on the risk of disability pension among men: a 15 year prospective study.

Background: Whole-body-vibrations are often associated with adverse health effect but the long term effects are less known. This study investigates the association between occupational exposures to whole-body vibrations, and subsequent transition to disability pension.

Methods: A total of 4215 male employees were followed up for subsequent disability pension retirement.