Depression as a predictor of occupational transition in a multiple sclerosis cohort.

In this study, prospective data were used to model the relationship between depressive symptoms and the transition out of employment. In unadjusted analyses, depression increased the risk of transition to non-working status, HR = 1.7 (95%CI 1.3-2.3). Adjustments for ambulation status, physical and mental quality of life composite scores and fatigue impact attenuated or eliminated the association. While depression commonly occurs around the time of occupational transitions in MS, it does not appear to be an independent or direct cause of such transitions. PMID: 24300037 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Functional Neurology - Category: Neurology Tags: Funct Neurol Source Type: research