Association of stigmatizing attitudes with people's opinion of depression as a valid reason for sickness absence: A Swedish vignette study

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Bertilsson, MonicaGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine (author)

BACKGROUND: Depression is a common cause of sickness absence (SA) and also highly associated with stigma. Few studies have addressed the role of stigma in relation to SA. OBJECTIVE: To investigate if attitudes to depression were associated with the public's opinion of depression as a valid reason of SA. METHODS: The study population (n = 2413) originated from a web-based panel of citizens. The survey included a short vignette describing a person with symptoms of depression and the person's work tasks, followed by a question on recommendation of SA. Negative attitudes were measured by the Depression Stigma Scale. Logistic regressions were used to estimate the odds ratios (OR) for the likelihood of not recommending SA, controlling for individual and work-related co-variates. RESULTS: The crude association between negative attitudes and not recommending SA was OR 2.15 (95% CI, 1.76-2.62). In the fully adjusted model the OR was 1.76 (95% CI, 1.40 - 2.21) for not recommending SA. CONCLUSIONS: Participants with negative attitudes to depression were more likely to not consider depression as a valid reason of sickness absence. The study supports theories on layered stigma; attitudes from one arena are related to other arenas. Future studies are needed to confirm our findings.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Hälsovetenskap Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Health Sciences Occupational Health and Environmental Health hsv//eng
Stigma
return-to-work
public health
vignette study
common mental-disorders
political-ideology
work participation
general-population
employees
health
perceptions
predictors
literacy
support
Public
Environmental & Occupational Health

Löve, Jesper,1974Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine(Swepub:gu)xerije (author)
Martinsson, Johan,1975 (author)
Wängnerud, Lena,1964Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Political Science(Swepub:gu)xwanle (author)
Hensing, Gunnel,1956Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine(Swepub:gu)xhengu (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa (creator_code:org_t)

In:WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION: IOS Press73:2, s. 495-5041051-9815
In:Work: IOS Press73:2, s. 495-5041875-9270

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