Employments Condition and Chronic Disease in the Labor Market: A Systematic Literature Review

Objective: This review aims to summarize the literature about the relationship between employment conditions in the labor market and their association with chronic disease in the working population.Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted. The databases used were Scopus, WoS, OVID, Science Direct, BVS and Scielo, and Google Scholar as sources of gray literature, the period was 2000 and 2018 for English-Spanish studies that analyzed employment conditions in the labor market and chronic diseases.Results: Most of the select studies (n=22) had longitudinal designs (70.9%) and focused on the age group of working adults (16-65 years old) as the target population. Mental disorders (n=19), such as depression and anxiety, were the most common chronic diseases. We found that unemployment is associated with an increased risk of having chronic diseases such as mental disorders. Work without employment protection or a contract has also been associated with an increased risk of chronic disease.Discussion: Employment condition in the labor market has been associated with chronic disease and this condition is associated with mental disorders. There are scarce studies in low- and middle-income countries and further research is needed in the context of informal work.