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Scientists conducted a study, taking into account the data from a national survey, which was attended by more than 60 thousand working people aged 18 to 64 years. According to the study, the largest number of people who suffer from depression, work in the area of care after old and sick people. This category also includes nurses who care for young children. Almost 11% of those working in these fields each year suffer from depression for two weeks or more.
The second place went to catering staff – waiters, cooks and bartenders, as about 10,3% of them were susceptible to depressed mood, accompanied by sleep disturbance, loss of appetite and deterioration of concentration. In third place were social and health care workers – about 9,6% of them suffer from depression. According to experts, architects, engineers and scientists (4.3%) are less depressed. The survey also showed that about 7% of employed people experience depression for at least once a year, which lasts more than two consecutive weeks, but among the unemployed, the rating was 12,7%. It was also found that women were more prone to depression than men.
