A Population-Based Survey of the Workplace Costs for Caregivers of Persons With Treatment-Resistant Depression Compared With Other Health Conditions. Issue 9 (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lerner, Debra; Lavelle, Tara A.; Adler, David; Chow, Wing; Chang, Hong; Godar, Sean C.; Rogers, William H.
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 62:Issue 9(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: absenteeism -- caregiver -- depression -- presenteeism -- productivity; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001957
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: To describe caregiving work outcomes and related indirect (ie, productivity) and direct (ie, caregiving hours and expenses) costs. Methods: A national, population-based survey to identify employed caregivers assisting a person with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and a comparison group of employed caregivers assisting others (No TRD). Results: Screening identified 169 TRD caregivers and 1070 No TRD caregivers providing 23.3 and 14.6 mean weekly caregiving hours, respectively. Adjusted annual indirect cost estimates were $11, 121 for caregivers of TRD and $7761 for caregivers in the No TRD group ( P ⩽ 0.0001). At-work productivity loss (presenteeism) was the largest component. Adjusted annual direct cost estimates were $29, 805 for caregivers of TRD and $20, 642 for caregivers in the No TRD group ( P ⩽ 0.0001). Conclusions: TRD exacts a toll on caregivers and their employers exceeding that for other caregivers. Abstract : Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text