Multimorbidity and fit note receipt in working-age adults with long-term health conditions.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results show striking variation in multimorbid conditions by gender, deprivation and ethnicity, and highlight the importance of multimorbidity, in particular comorbid depression, as a leading cause of disability among working-age adults.
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Source: Psychological Medicine - September 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dorrington S, Carr E, Stevelink SAM, Dregan A, Woodhead C, Das-Munshi J, Ashworth M, Broadbent M, Madan I, Hatch SL, Hotopf M Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research