The predictive value of mental health for long-term sickness absence: the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) and the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5) compared

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Jakob Bue Bjorner¹  Pernille U Hjarsbech²  Reiner Rugulies²  Sannie Vester Thorsen² 

[1] QualityMetric, 24Albion Road, Lincoln, Rl 02865, USA;The Danish National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, DK-2100, Copenhagen,Denmark

关键词: Questionnaire;    Survey instrument;    Head-to-head comparison;   

Others  :  1091728
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2288-13-115

 received in 2013-03-22, accepted in 2013-09-11,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Questionnaires are valuable for population surveys of mental health. Different survey instruments may however give different results. The present study compares two mental health instruments, the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) and the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5), in regard to their prediction of long-term sickness absence.

Method

Questionnaire data was collected from N = 4153 Danish employees. The questionnaire included the MDI and the MHI-5. The information of long-term sickness absence was obtained from a register. We used Cox regression to calculate covariance adjusted hazard ratios for long-term sickness absence for both measures.

Results

Both the MDI and the MHI-5 had a highly significant prediction of long-term sickness absence. A one standard deviation change in score was associated with an increased risk of long-term sickness absence of 27% for the MDI and 37% for the MHI-5. When both measures were included in the same analysis, the MHI-5 performed best.

Conclusion

In general population surveys, the MHI-5 is a better predictor of long-term sickness absence than the MDI.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Thorsen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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