Occupational Risk of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Among 20,948 Workers

Swaantje Casjens published a dataset on April 15, 2026, modeling the risk of elevated depressive and anxiety symptoms among 20,948 working participants. The analysis uses PHQ-4 categories and examines risk by occupational sector, segment, and main group. The data is stored in a 17.5 KB XLS file.

Use Cases

• Modeling the association between occupational sector and mental health risk based on PHQ-4 categories.
• Comparing the prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms across different occupational segments.
• Identifying high-risk occupational groups for targeted workplace mental health interventions.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 20,948 participant records, providing a substantial sample size.
• Analysis is structured by detailed occupational classifications (sector, segment, main group).
• Uses the standardized PHQ-4 instrument for measuring depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Swaantje Casjens via figshare

Collection Method

Likely derived from a cross-sectional survey or cohort study of workers.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-15 18:00:45; freshness should be verified.