Short-term and long-term sick-leave in Sweden: relationships with social circumstances, working conditions and gender
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Short-term and long-term sick-leave in Sweden : relationships with social circumstances, working conditions and gender. / Blank, N; Diderichsen, Finn.
I: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. Supplement, Bind 23, Nr. 4, 1995, s. 265-72.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Short-term and long-term sick-leave in Sweden
T2 - relationships with social circumstances, working conditions and gender
AU - Blank, N
AU - Diderichsen, Finn
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - The primary aim of the study was to analyse similarities and differences between repeated spells of short-term sick-leave (more than 3 spells of less than 7 days' duration in a 12-month period) and long-term absence through sickness (at least 1 spell of more than 59 days' duration in a 12-month period) in relation to variables representing certain social circumstances and aspects of the work situation. Particular attention was paid to gender differences. The study, which had a cross-sectional design, employed data from the surveys of living conditions (ULF) conducted by Statistics Sweden over the period 1986-89. The study group comprised 13,828 employed persons between the ages of 16 and 65. The results suggested the existence of a common mechanism by which a variety of factors are related to the taking of both repeated short spells and long-term sick-leave; gender differences with regard to the effect of working conditions on the taking of sick-leave may be incorrectly estimated if factors related to occupational structure are not taken into consideration; a less than additive effect of physical job demands and repeated short spells of sick-leave on subjective health was found.
AB - The primary aim of the study was to analyse similarities and differences between repeated spells of short-term sick-leave (more than 3 spells of less than 7 days' duration in a 12-month period) and long-term absence through sickness (at least 1 spell of more than 59 days' duration in a 12-month period) in relation to variables representing certain social circumstances and aspects of the work situation. Particular attention was paid to gender differences. The study, which had a cross-sectional design, employed data from the surveys of living conditions (ULF) conducted by Statistics Sweden over the period 1986-89. The study group comprised 13,828 employed persons between the ages of 16 and 65. The results suggested the existence of a common mechanism by which a variety of factors are related to the taking of both repeated short spells and long-term sick-leave; gender differences with regard to the effect of working conditions on the taking of sick-leave may be incorrectly estimated if factors related to occupational structure are not taken into consideration; a less than additive effect of physical job demands and repeated short spells of sick-leave on subjective health was found.
KW - Absenteeism
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Attitude to Health
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Incidence
KW - Job Satisfaction
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Sex Factors
KW - Sick Leave
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
KW - Sweden
KW - Workload
U2 - 10.1177/140349489502300408
DO - 10.1177/140349489502300408
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 8919369
VL - 23
SP - 265
EP - 272
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Supplement
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Supplement
SN - 1403-4956
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 40784827