@article{ref1,
title="Depressive symptoms in women working in a poultry-processing plant: a longitudinal analysis",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="2011",
author="Horton, Rachel Avery and Lipscomb, Hester J.",
volume="54",
number="10",
pages="791-799",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Work in poultry-processing plants is physically demanding, and a number of studies have documented the effects of such work on the physical health of workers. Few studies, however, have examined the potential effects on mental health. METHODS: Longitudinal data were collected on 223 women who worked in two poultry-processing plants in northeastern North Carolina. Effects on depressive symptoms of demographic variables, work tenure at baseline, musculoskeletal pain, psychosocial job characteristics, coping style, and health-related quality of life were examined using mixed models. RESULTS: Psychosocial job characteristics were not associated with depressive symptoms as measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D) in this cohort of workers. CES-D scores decreased with increasing work tenure at the plant, which suggests a healthy worker survivor effect (HWSE). CONCLUSIONS: These exploratory analyses draw attention to the need to more carefully explore the possibility that the HWSE may extend to mental health outcomes as well as physical ones.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="10.1002/ajim.20991",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20991"
}