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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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker, Sarah W. Alexander, Lisa M. Jacola, Kimberly A. Buff, Kyobin Hwang, Elham Hashemi, Gregory Stoddard, Lindsay A. Jibb   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences in sickness absence between self-employed and employed doctors: a cross-sectional study on national sample of Norwegian doctors in 2010 [PDF]

, 2014
Background Doctors have a low prevalence of sickness absence. Employment status is a determinant in the multifactorial background of sickness absence. The effect of doctors’ employment status on sickness absence is unexplored.
Aasland, Olaf G, Rosta, Judith, Tellnes, Gunnar   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Smoking and sickness absence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 2019
Objectives Evidence on the effect of smoking on sickness absence could guide workplace smoking cessation interventions and encourage employers to promote smoking cessation among their employees. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to summarize
S. Troelstra, P. Coenen, C. Boot, J. Harting, A. Kunst, A. J. van der Beek   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of Cerebral Oxygenation During Exercise in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment and exercise intolerance are common in dialysis patients. Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation play a major role in both cognitive function and exercise execution; HD session per se aggravates cerebral ischemia in this population. This study aimed to compare cerebral oxygenation and perfusion at rest and in mild
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou, Konstantina Dipla, Danai Faitatzidou, Fotini Iatridi, Areti Georgiou, Artemios Karagiannidis, Erasmia Sampani, Chrysostomos Dimitriadis, Aggelos Koutlas, Andreas Zafeiridis, Pantelis Sarafidis   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
A Mowlam, B Antony, C Black, C Farrell, C Mallen, C Shiels, CA Chew-Graham, D Cohen, G Wynne-Jones, J Hiscock, J Hisock, J Vahtera, Jill Morrison, JM Corbin, JR Jones, K Ashby, Livanos & Zangelidis, M Balint, M Dollard, M Gabbay, MA Buist-Bowman, Margaret Maxwell, Matt Sutton, MB Gabbay, Michael Smith, P Butterworth, Philip Wilson, S Hussey, S Macdonald, S Nandy, Sara Macdonald, T O’Dowd, U Kelle, Will Whittaker   +33 more
core   +5 more sources