New Survey of U.S. Workers Reveals Two in Five Survey Participants Missed Work due to Depression and More than Half Reported Challenges Related to Thinking on the Job Resulting in Reduced Productivity

Canton, OH, Nov. 12, 2014 - Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of U.S. respondents indicated they have been diagnosed with depression in their lifetime and two in five (nearly 40 percent) of those patients reported taking time off of work – an average of 10 days a year – as a result of their diagnosis. These findings are just a few of the key outcomes stemming from The Impact of Depression at Work Audit(IDeA), evaluating the societal and economic burden of depression in the workplace. Employers Health, an Ohio-based employer coalition, announced results for the U.S. survey at the National Business Coalition on Health annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on November 12.

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