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Sickness absence and sickness presence in relation to office type: An observational study of employer-recorded and self-reported data from Sweden.

PLoS ONE, 2020
OBJECTIVES:Previous research suggesting that open-plan office environments are associated with higher rates of sickness absence rely on self-reports which can be affected by recall bias.
Loretta G Platts, Aram Seddigh, Erik Berntson, Hugo Westerlund   +3 more
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Predictors of Sickness Absence in Patients with a New Episode of Low Back Pain in Primary Care

Global Spine Journal, 2012
Introduction Although there is a call for early risk prediction of sickness absence, specific prognostic factors of low back pain (LBP) related sickness absence have not yet been established in either clinical or research settings.
M. Melloh, C. Rolli Salathé, A. Käser, A. Elfering   +3 more
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Physical and mental health functioning after all-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence: a register-linkage follow-up study among ageing employees

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Sickness absence has been shown to be a risk marker for severe future health outcomes, such as disability retirement and premature death. However, it is poorly understood how all-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence is reflected in ...
Minna Mänty, Tea Lallukka, Jouni Lahti, Olli Pietiläinen, Mikko Laaksonen, Eero Lahelma, Ossi Rahkonen   +6 more
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A prognostic model for predicting the duration of 20,049 sickness absence spells due to shoulder lesions in a population-based cohort in Sweden.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Main objectiveSickness absence duration for shoulder lesion patients is difficult to prognosticate, and scientific evidence for the sick-listing practice is lacking.
Katalin Gémes, Johanna Holm, Paolo Frumento, Gino Almondo, Matteo Bottai, Emilie Friberg, Kristina Alexanderson   +6 more
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Gender differences in long term sickness absence

BMC Public Health
Purpose Sickness absence is a major public health problem, given its high cost and negative impact on employee well-being. Understanding sickness absence duration and recovery rates among different groups is useful to develop effective strategies for ...
Sheila Timp, Nicky van Foreest, Corné Roelen   +2 more
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A powerful intervention: general practitioners' use of sickness certification in depression [PDF]

, 2012
<b>Background</b> Depression is frequently cited as the reason for sickness absence, and it is estimated that sickness certificates are issued in one third of consultations for depression. Previous research has considered GP views of sickness
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The predictive role of sickness absence spell durations in associations with inpatient- and specialized outpatient care among a population-based Swedish twin sample

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background The associations between a sickness absence spell duration and patient care have been rarely studied. An assumption is that associations would differ by spell duration and by the patient care type, inpatient- or specialized outpatient, due to ...
Annina Ropponen, Mo Wang, Jurgita Narusyte, Sanna Kärkkäinen, Victoria Blom, Pia Svedberg   +5 more
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Perceived Working Conditions and Sickness Absence - A Four-year Follow-up in the Food Industry

Safety and Health at Work, 2011
Objectives: To analyze the association between changes in perceived physical and psychosocial working conditions and change of sickness absence days in younger and older (< 50 and ≥ 50 years) food industry employees.
Anna E. Siukola, Pekka J. Virtanen, Tiina H. Luukkaala, Clas-Håkan Nygård   +3 more
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Sickness abenteeism of pregnant employees

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2007
Background: Medical supervisors of sickness absenteeism find frequent and long lasting sickness absences during pregnancy. They wanted to find reasons for these absences from work.Methods: Data about pregnant employees in Ljubljana region of the Health ...
Vesna Domitrica-Miloradović, Alenka Škerjanc   +1 more
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The prevalence of sickness absence among primary school pupils – reason to be worried?

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Absence from school can lead to lower educational achievement and poor health. Little is known about school absence in primary education. This study’s first aim was to examine the prevalence of school absence in primary schools and differing ...
Esther Karen Pijl, Yvonne Theodora Maria Vanneste, Angelique Eveline de Rijk, Frans Joseph Maria Feron, Jolanda Mathijssen   +4 more
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