ArticleBMC public health2016
Labour market trajectories following sickness absence due to self-reported all cause morbidity--a longitudinal study.
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- Associations Between the Readiness for Return to Work Scale and Return to Work: A Prospective Study.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Trial
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- Developing prognostic models for health care utilization in patients with work-related mental health problems.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Identifying labour market pathways after a 30-day-long sickness absence -a three-year sequence analysis study in Finland.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Mental disorders in judicial workers: analysis of sickness absence in a cohort study.Revista de saude publica · 2023Article
- Work-related stress, reason for consultation and diagnosis-specific sick leave: How do they add up?PloS one · 2023Observational
- Sustainable Working Life Patterns in a Swedish Twin Cohort: Age-Related Sequences of Sickness Absence, Disability Pension, Unemployment, and Premature Death during Working Life.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Treatment-resistant depression and labor market affiliation in the Danish welfare society: a register-based study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Article
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- Use of psychotropic drugs among workers on leave due to mental disorders.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2021Article
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- Labour market attachment after mild traumatic brain injury: nationwide cohort study with 5-year register follow-up in Denmark.BMJ open · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo investigate differences in return to work (RTW) and employment trajectories in individuals on sick leave for either mental health reasons or other health related reasons.
methodsThis study was based on 2036 new sickness absence cases who completed a questionnaire on social characteristics, expectations for RTW and reasons for sickness absence. They were divided into two exposure groups according to their self-reported sickness absence reason: mental health reasons or other health reasons. The outcome was employment status during the following 51 weeks and was measured both as time-to-event analysis and with sequence analysis.
resultsIndividuals with mental health reasons for sickness absence had a higher risk of not having returned to work (RR 0.87 (0.80;0.93)). Adjusting for gender, age, education and employment did not change the estimate, however, after adding RTW expectations to the model, the excess risk was no longer present (RR 1.01 (0.95;1.08)). In relation to the sequence analysis, individuals with mental health related absence had significantly higher odds of being in the sickness absence cluster and significantly lower odds for being in the fast RTW cluster, but when adjusting for RTW expectations, the odds were somewhat attenuated and no longer significant.
conclusionsEmployees on sick leave due to self-reported mental health problems spent more weeks in sickness absence and temporary benefits and had a higher risk of not having returned to work within a year compared to employees on sick leave due to other health reasons. The difference could be explained by their lower RTW expectations at baseline. This emphasises the need to develop suitable and specific interventions to facilitate RTW for this group of sickness absentees.
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