Depressed people take more time off work than people who do not suffer from depression.
This is the sort of thing that comes as no surprise to HR managers. But how about this? U.S. employees who have been diagnosed with depression miss an estimated 68 million more days from the job than those who haven't been so diagnosed.
That's what Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index data, gathered in 2011 and 2012, says. Gallup reached out to 237,615 full-time and 66,010 part-time employees for the study.
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