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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Studies of consequences of sickness absence such as health and well-being have been rare whereas risk factors for sickness absence have been studied extensively.
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Sickness absence in workplaces: Does it reflect a healthy hire effect?
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2016 Objectives: Sickness absence in workplaces may reflect working conditions. It may also reflect a “healthy hire effect,” i.e., that workplaces recruit individuals with experience of sickness absence differently.
Karin Nordström +3 more
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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 +5 more
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Is risk of sickness absence associated with sibling sickness absence? [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2011 Objectives Sickness absence (SA) is an important measure of work-related health. Early family factors are important determinants of SA, though little is known about how siblings influence risk of SA. We assessed whether the risk of SA is associated with sibling9s SA.
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BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Mental disorders are common diagnostic causes for longer sickness absence and disability retirement in OECD-countries. Short sickness absence spells are also common, and neither trivial for health and work ability.
Hilla Sumanen +3 more
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Sickness Absence in Teachers [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1962 This paper is based on the records of 738 male teachers and 1,684 female teachers employed by Edinburgh Corporation during the academic year September 1, 1954 to July 31, 1955. The amount and distribution of sickness absence has been assessed by age and sex; and comparisons have been made with similar rates in the academic year 1950/51 to determine ...
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Cumulative exposure to shift work and sickness absence: associations in a five-year historic cohort
BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Exposure to shift work has been associated with negative health consequences, although the association between shift work and sickness absence remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate associations between cumulative exposure to
Alwin van Drongelen +4 more
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Absenteeism and sickness absence [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1991 Summary The majority of time lost from work as a result of absenteeism is classified as due to sickness although only a small proportion of the total can be regarded as a result of unfitness for work for medical reasons. An occupational health service assists a business in minimizing absenteeism by promoting an early return to work ...
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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 +5 more
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THE MANAGEMENT OF SICKNESS ABSENCE [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2001 Sickness absence, or as it can be defined more precisely, absence from work that is attributed to sickness by the employee and accepted as such by the employer, remains high on the agenda for governments in the European Union (EU). Over the last decade most EU governments have implemented legislation that changes social security payments for the ...
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