TY - JOUR

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 -