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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

The Combined Effect of Poor Perceived Indoor Environmental Quality and Psychosocial Stressors on Long-Term Sickness Absence in the Workplace: A Follow-Up Study.

Eerika Finell, Jouko Nätti

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Eerika FinellFaculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-9605-610X
Jouko NättiFaculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.

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backgroundPoor perceived indoor environmental quality (IEQ) can generate conflicts and experiences of injustice in workplaces. Therefore we examined whether the combined effect of poor IEQ and self-reported psychosocial stressors (low social support from supervisors and experiences of injustice) increase the risk of employees' long-term sickness absence (more than 10 days) in comparison to employees who report only poor perceived IEQ and no psychosocial stressors.

methodsUsing negative binomial modelling, we analysed a representative sample of the working-age population in Finland (N = 16,084) from the Finnish Quality of Work Life Surveys (FQWLS) from 1997, 2003, 2008 and 2013, combined with register-based follow-up data on employees' long-term absences covering a period of one to three years after each FQWLS was collected.

resultsAfter background variables were included in the model, employees who reported poor IEQ and low social support had 1.18 (incidents rate ratios; 95% CI 1.05-1.33) higher rates of long-term absence than those who reported poor IEQ and high support. Similarly, employees who reported poor IEQ and experiences of injustice had 1.31(incidents rate ratios; 95% CI 1.15-1.48) higher rates of absence than those who reported poor IEQ and no injustice.

conclusionsEmployees who reported poor perceived IEQ and a psychosocial stressor had higher rates of long-term sickness absence one to three years later, in comparison with those who report only poor perceived IEQ and no psychosocial stressors. These findings demonstrate the importance of taking account of psychosocial stressors as well, when resolving indoor environmental problems.

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AdultAir Pollution, IndoorChronic DiseaseFemaleFinlandFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedOccupational DiseasesSick LeaveSocial SupportSurveys and QuestionnairesWorkplacediscriminationexperiences of injusticeindoor environmental qualityoccupational healthsickness absencesocial support from supervisors

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