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Are long nursing shifts on hospital wards associated with sickness absence? A longitudinal retrospective observational study

open access: yesJournal of Nursing Management, 2018
Objective To investigate whether working 12 hr shifts is associated with increased sickness absence among registered nurses and health care assistants. Background Previous studies reported negative impacts on nurses’ 12 hr shifts; however, these studies ...
C. Dall'ora   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Discovery and Targeted Proteomic Studies Reveal Striatal Markers Validated for Huntington's Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Clinical trials for Huntington's disease (HD) enrolling persons before clinical motor diagnosis (CMD) lack validated biomarkers. This study aimed to conduct an unbiased discovery analysis and a targeted examination of proteomic biomarkers scrutinized by clinical validation. Methods Cerebrospinal fluid was obtained from PREDICT‐HD and
Daniel Chelsky   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do work factors modify the association between chronic health problems and sickness absence among older employees?

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2013
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to (i) assess how common chronic health problems and work-related factors predict sickness absence and (ii) explore whether work-related factors modify the effects of health problems on sickness absence.
Fenna RM Leijten   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Work Group Social Capital Associated With Sickness Absence? A Study of Workplace Registered Sickness Absence at the Work Group Level

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2020
Background: The concept of social capital has its focus on cooperative relations in the workplace. This study investigates the association between social capital and sickness absence among workers in 41 work groups in the Danish dairy industry and ...
Thomas Clausen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring sickness insurance claimants: evidence from a social experiment [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper exploits a unique social experiment carried out in 1988 in Sweden to identify the effect of monitoring on sickness absence. The treatment consists of postponing the first formal point of monitoring during a sickness absence spell, a requirement
Hesselius, Patrik   +2 more
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Low medically certified sickness absence among employees with poor health status predicts future health improvement: the Whitehall II study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Background: High sickness absence is associated with poor health status, but it is not known whether low levels of sickness absence among people with poor health predict future health improvement.
Ferrie, JE   +6 more
core  

Examination of the double burden hypothesis—a systematic review of work–family conflict and sickness absence

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Public Health, 2017
Background: Women consistently have higher sickness absence than men. The double-burden hypothesis suggests this is due to higher work–family burden in women than men.
W. Nilsen   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Healthcare worker influenza vaccination and sickness absence – an ecological study

open access: yesClinical medicine (London), 2017
Although Influenza vaccination is recommended for healthcare workers, vaccination rates in UK healthcare workers are only around 50%. We investigated the association between NHS sickness absence rates (using data from Health and Social Care Information ...
M. Pereira   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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