Sickness benefit claims due to mental disorders in Brazil: associations in a population-based study

Anadergh Barbosa-Branco, Ute Bültmann, Ivan Steenstra

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Abstract

This study aims to determine the prevalence and duration of sickness benefit claims due to mental disorders and their association with economic activity, sex, age, work-relatedness and income replacement using a population-based study of sickness benefit claims (> 15 days) due to mental disorders in Brazil carried out in 2008. The prevalence of mental disorders was 45.1 claims per 10,000 workers. Prevalence and duration of sickness benefit claims due to mental disorder were higher and longer in workers aged over 40 years. Prevalence of claims was 73% higher in women but duration of sickness benefit claims was longer in men. Prevalence rates for claims differed widely according to economic activity, with sewage, residential care and programming and broadcasting activities showing the highest rates. Claims were deemed to be work-related in 8.5% of cases with mental disorder showing low work-relatedness in Brazil. A wide variation of prevalence and duration between age, economic activity and work-relatedness was observed, suggesting that working conditions are a more important factor in mental disorder work disability than previously assumed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1854-1866
Number of pages13
JournalCadernos de Saúde Pública
Volume28
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • mental disorders
  • Brazil

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