Riviere M, et al. - The objective here was to identify the prevalence of work-related common psychiatric disorders in general practice and the linked patients’ and general practitioners' (GP)s’ characteristics. A correlation was disclosed between age, history of psychiatric disorders, consultation for psychological purpose and GP’s characteristics with MINI-identified psychiatric disorders. A high prevalence of work-related common psychiatric disorders was noted. In order to validate this data, additional studies were required.

Methods

• The scheme of this trial was HERACLES, a cross-sectional study among 2019 working patients of 121 GPs in the Nord - Pas-de-Calais region in France.
• A scrutiny was pursued of the common psychiatric disorders with the aid of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview, patient-perceived psychological distress and GP-diagnosed psychiatric disorders.
• Work-relatedness of common psychiatric disorders was determined by the GP and/or the patient.
• An estimation was performed of the prevalence rates adjusted on age by sex and related characteristics were identified through the multilevel Poisson regression models.

Results

• It was noted that the prevalence of work-related common psychiatric disorders was 25.6% [23.7 - 27.5], 24.5% [22.6 - 26.4] for self-reported psychological distress and 25.8% [23.9 - 27.7] for GP-diagnosed psychiatric disorders.