The Lancet Public Health, 2021 Summary: Background: High emotional demands at work can affect employees’ health and there is a need to understand whether such an association might be modified by other working conditions.
Elisabeth Framke, PhD +8 more
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Long-term sickness absence trajectories and associated occupational and lifestyle-related factors: a longitudinal study among young and early midlife Finnish employees with pain. [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjectives This study aimed to identify distinct trajectories of long-term sickness absence (LTSA, >10 consecutive working days) among young and early midlife Finnish employees who experienced pain at baseline.
Fagerlund P +4 more
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The Predictive Validity of the Danish Psychosocial Work Environment Questionnaire With Regard to Onset of Depressive Disorders and Long-Term Sickness Absence. [PDF]
Ann Work Expo Health, 2023 Objectives To investigate the predictive validity of 32 measures of the Danish Psychosocial Work Environment Questionnaire (DPQ) against two criteria variables: onset of depressive disorders and long-term sickness absence (LTSA). Methods The DPQ was sent
Clausen T +6 more
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Do different job demands interact as predictors of long-term sickness absence? A register-based follow-up on 55 467 Danish workers. [PDF]
Occup Environ Med, 2023 Objectives To assess interactions between combinations of quantitative demands, emotional demands, unclear and contradictory demands, and violence/threats of violence in the prospective association with risk of long-term sickness absence (LTSA).
Clausen T +4 more
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Dual trajectories of short-term and long-term sickness absence and their social- and health-related determinants among women in the public sector. [PDF]
Eur J Public HealthBackground Short- and long-term sickness absence (SA) vary in their determinants. We examined short- and long-term SA contemporaneously as two interconnected phenomena to characterize their temporal development, and to identify employees with increasing ...
Suur-Uski J +5 more
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Ten-year trends in long-term sickness absence among Japanese public servants: 2009-2018. [PDF]
Ind Health, 2023 Sickness absences are a significant public health and economic problem worldwide. However, sickness absence diagnoses and trends have not been reported in much detail in Japan. This study was a retrospective cohort study.
Iwasaki S +7 more
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Combined psychosocial work factors and risk of long-term sickness absence in the general working population: Prospective cohort with register follow-up among 69 371 workers. [PDF]
Scand J Work Environ Health, 2022 Objective This study aimed to investigate the importance of combined psychosocial work factors for the risk of long-term sickness absence (LTSA). Methods We followed 69 371 employees in the general working population (Work Environment and Health in ...
Andersen LL +5 more
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Does occupational forward bending of the back increase long-term sickness absence risk? A 4-year prospective register-based study using device-measured compositional data analysis. [PDF]
Scand J Work Environ Health, 2022 Objective Forward bending of the back is common in many jobs and a risk factor for sickness absence. However, this knowledge is based on self-reported forward bending that is generally imprecise.
Gupta N +7 more
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How does accelerometry-measured arm elevation at work influence prospective risk of long-term sickness absence? [PDF]
Scand J Work Environ Health, 2022 Objective Elevated arm work is prevalent in many jobs. Feasible device-based methods are available to measure elevated arm work. However, we lack knowledge on the association between device-measured elevated arm work and prospective risk of long-term ...
Gupta N +4 more
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Workplace Bullying and Long-Term Sickness Absence-A Five-Year Follow-Up Study of 2476 Employees Aged 31 to 60 Years in Germany. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Objectives: The aim was to investigate workplace bullying as a risk factor for five-year occurrence of long-term sickness absence (LTSA) in a representative cohort of employees in Germany. Methods: In the German Study on Mental Health at Work (S-MGA) (n =
Burr H, Balducci C, Conway PM, Rose U.
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