Table THORP07
Work-related mental ill-health: estimated number of cases of anxiety and depression reported by psychiatrists to SOSMI and by occupational physicians to OPRA and estimated rates per 100 000 workers per year, by precipitating event 2006-2008
| Major category | Subcategory | Psychiatrists & Occupational physicians(p) | Psychiatrists (SOSMI)(p) | Occupational physicians (OPRA)(b)(p) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual average estimated cases(c) 2006-2008 | % of total | Annual average estimated cases(c) 2006-2008 | % of total | Annual average estimated cases(c) 2006-2008 | % of total | ||
| 1. Factors intrinsic to the job | 1386 | 44 | 443 | 42 | 943 | 45 | |
| 1.0 Factors intrinsic to the job (unspecified) | 125 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 102 | 5 | |
| 1.1 Workload /over demand /pressure of work | 824 | 26 | 296 | 28 | 529 | 25 | |
| 1.2 Work schedule /hours /shift work | 88 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 48 | 2 | |
| 1.3 Travel /working away from home | 42 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 10 | - | |
| 1.5 Organisational factors, role poor defined, low job control, perceived lack of support and poor management | 373 | 12 | 53 | 5 | 319 | 15 | |
| 1.6 Under load /boredom /monotony | 29 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 5 | - | |
| 1.7 Responsibilities | 52 | 2 | 41 | 4 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2. Changes at work | 444 | 14 | 165 | 15 | 279 | 13 | |
| 2.0 Changes at work (unspecified) | 100 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 87 | 4 | |
| 2.1 Change of management /organisational change /company take over | 86 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 52 | 2 | |
| 2.2 Changes in ways of work, e.g. using new technology | 23 | 1 | 5 | - | 19 | 1 | |
| 2.3 Change of work content (new job, added responsibilities, capability problems, real or perceived) | 145 | 5 | 79 | 7 | 66 | 3 | |
| 2.4 Reduction in resources available including staff | 77 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 39 | 2 | |
| 2.5 Relocation | 23 | 1 | 1 | - | 22 | 1 | |
| 3. Interpersonal relationships | 968 | 31 | 270 | 25 | 698 | 34 | |
| 3.0 Interpersonal relationships (unspecified) | 235 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 200 | 10 | |
| 3.1 Interpersonal difficulties with manager /foreman | 252 | 8 | 95 | 9 | 157 | 8 | |
| 3.2 Interpersonal difficulties with other workers | 129 | 4 | 57 | 5 | 72 | 3 | |
| 3.3 Interpersonal difficulties with patients /clients /relatives /pupils | 84 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 78 | 4 | |
| 3.4 Bullying /sexual harassment | 347 | 11 | 127 | 12 | 220 | 11 | |
| 4. Inequality | 31 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |
| 5. Personal Development | 170 | 5 | 83 | 8 | 86 | 4 | |
| 5.0 Personal Development (unspecified) | 25 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 9 | - | |
| 5.1 Job not secure | 23 | 1 | 5 | - | 18 | 1 | |
| 5.2 Redundancy /unemployment /threat of redundancy /sacked | 33 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 | |
| 5.3 Business failure, bankruptcy | 22 | 1 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| 5.4 Lack of opportunities /demotion | 16 | - | 9 | 1 | 7 | - | |
| 5.6 Exams /training pressures /courses /OFSTED /appraisal | 52 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 31 | 1 | |
| 5.7 Lack of training | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | - | |
| 6. Physical working environment | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 1 | |
| 6.0 Physical working environment (unspecified) | 26 | 1 | 4 | - | 22 | 1 | |
| 7. Traumatic Events | 295 | 9 | 111 | 10 | 184 | 9 | |
| 7.0 Traumatic Events (unspecified) | 18 | 1 | 5 | - | 13 | 1 | |
| 7.1 Violence at work /verbal abuse /sexual assault | 71 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 51 | 2 | |
| 7.2 Accidents and physical injury | 45 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 7 | - | |
| 7.3 Traumatic experience of other people injury or fatality at work | 28 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |
| 7.4 Disciplinary action /accusation /legal proceedings etc | 139 | 4 | 43 | 4 | 96 | 5 | |
| 8. Home - work interface | 242 | 8 | 159 | 15 | 84 | 4 | |
| 8.0 Home - work interface (unspecified) | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | - | |
| 8.1 One or more physical illness | 48 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 1 | |
| 8.2 Previous psychiatric illness /family history of psychiatric illness | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| 8.3 Family responsibilities /home-work interface /pregnancy /childbirth /children /severe health problem in close relative | 90 | 3 | 44 | 4 | 46 | 2 | |
| 8.4 Severe event, death in family or close friend, separation, marital break up or marital problem | 69 | 2 | 68 | 6 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Others | 422 | 13 | 138 | 13 | 284 | 14 | |
| 9.2 Personal characteristics, e.g. loss of confidence, felt not good enough for the job or over expectation for the job | 64 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 49 | 2 | |
| 9.3 Unspecified work stress | 206 | 7 | 83 | 8 | 122 | 6 | |
| 9.9 No reason given | 137 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 109 | 5 | |
| Total(a) | 3138 | 100 | 1065 | 100 | 2073 | 100 | |
Notes
- (a) At least one precipitating event was given to each case. In some cases, more than one precipitating event was given, therefore the sum total of individual precipitating events will exceed the total number of cases. Figures are shown in light type if
- (b) Comparisons based on OPRA reports are likely to be misleading because workers in some occupations are much more likely to have access to occupational physicians than those in others.
- (c) Some physicians report on a sample basis, for one month in each year. Estimated totals for these are calculated by multiplying the actual number of cases reported by 12.
- "-" Means zero
- (p) Provisional
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