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Gender equality in sickness absence tolerance: Attitudes and norms of sickness absence are not different for men and women. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Previous research offers limited understanding as to why sickness absence is higher among women than among men, but attitudes and norms have been suggested as plausible explanations of this gender gap.
Gøril Kvamme Løset, Harald Dale-Olsen, Tale Hellevik, Arne Mastekaasa, Tilmann von Soest, Kjersti Misje Østbakken   +5 more
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Re: Amelsvoort et al. “Approaches for predicting long-term sickness absence”

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2015
We would like to thank Van Amelsvoort et al (1) for the interest in our study (2) and take the opportunity to clarify here that none of the workers were sick-listed when they participated in the baseline health survey.
Lianne S Schouten, Catelijne I Joling, Joost WJ van der Gulden, Martijn W Heymans, Ute Bültmann, Corné AM Roelen   +5 more
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Length of exposure to long working hours and night work and risk of sickness absence: a register-based cohort study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background There is inconsistent evidence that long working hours and night work are risk factors for sickness absence, but few studies have considered variation in the length of exposure time window as a potential source of mixed findings.
Laura Peutere, Tom Rosenström, Aki Koskinen, Mikko Härmä, Mika Kivimäki, Marianna Virtanen, Jenni Ervasti, Annina Ropponen   +7 more
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Transitions between sickness absence, work, unemployment, and disability in Denmark 2004–2008

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2012
OBJECTIVES: Studies of labor market outcomes like sickness absence are usually restricted to a single outcome. This paper investigates the use of multi-state models for studying multiple transitions between sick-listing, work, unemployment, and ...
Jacob Pedersen, Jakob Bue Bjorner, Hermann Burr, Karl Bang Christensen   +3 more
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Diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of mortality: the Whitehall II prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2008
Objective To investigate whether knowing the diagnosis for sickness absence improves prediction of mortality.Design Prospective cohort study established in 1985- 8.
Westerlund, Hugo,, Kivimaki, M, Alexanderson, K, Westerlund, H, Vahtera, Jussi, Kivimäki, Mika, Head, Jenny, Ferrie, Jane E, Alexanderson, Kristina, Head, J, Vahtera, J, Ferrie, JE   +11 more
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The associations between workplace bullying, salivary cortisol, and long-term sickness absence: a longitudinal study

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Workplace stressors, such as bullying, are strongly related to subsequent long-term sickness absence, but little is known of the possible physiological mechanisms linking workplace stressors and sickness absence.
Matias Brødsgaard Grynderup, Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen, Theis Lange, Paul Maurice Conway, Jens Peter Bonde, Anne Helene Garde, Maria Gullander, Linda Kaerlev, Roger Persson, Reiner Rugulies, Marianne Agergaard Vammen, Annie Høgh, Åse Marie Hansen   +12 more
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Indications of a Scarring Effect of Sickness Absence Periods in a Cohort of Higher Educated Self-Employed.

PLoS ONE, 2016
ObjectivesLittle is known regarding incidence and recurrence of sickness absence in self-employed. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the number of prior episodes of sickness absence on the risk of subsequent periods of ...
Liesbeth E C Wijnvoord, Sandra Brouwer, Jan Buitenhuis, Jac J L van der Klink, Michiel R de Boer   +4 more
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Workplace bullying and sickness absence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the research literature

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2016
OBJECTIVE: The association between workplace bullying and sickness absence remains unclear. This paper presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of research on the association.
Morten Birkeland Nielsen, Anne-Marthe Rustad Indregard, Simon Øverland   +2 more
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Extreme temperatures and sickness absence in the Mediterranean province of Barcelona: An occupational health issue

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
ObjectivesThis study aims to assess the association between daily temperature and sickness absence episodes in the Mediterranean province of Barcelona between 2012 and 2015, according to sociodemographic and occupational characteristics.MethodsEcological
Mireia Utzet, Mireia Utzet, Mireia Utzet, Amaya Ayala-Garcia, Amaya Ayala-Garcia, Amaya Ayala-Garcia, Fernando G. Benavides, Fernando G. Benavides, Fernando G. Benavides, Xavier Basagaña, Xavier Basagaña, Xavier Basagaña   +11 more
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Sickness absence in hospital physicians: 2 year follow up study on determinants [PDF]

, 2001
Objectives-To identify determinants of sickness absence in hospital physicians.Methods-The Poisson regression analyses of short (1-3 days) and long (>3 days) recorded spells of sickness absence relating to potential determinants of sickness absence were ...
K Räsänen, S Töyry, R Sutinen, Elovainio, M., Vahtera, J, Elovainio, M, M Elovainio, Firth-Cozens, J, Kivimaki, M, Rasanen, K, Toyry, S, J E Ferrie, J Firth-cozens, Sutinen, R, M Kivimäki, Ferrie, JE, J Vahtera, Kivimäki, M., Sutinen R.   +18 more
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