ArticleScandinavian journal of work, environment & health2023
Psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence among younger employees in Denmark: a register-based cohort study using job exposure matrices.
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- Systematic Review of Workplace Interventions to Support Young Workers' Safety, Work Environment and Health.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Higher job exposures are associated with reduced return-to-work two years after rehabilitation in a nationwide cohort study based on German Pension Insurance data.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Contributions of physically and mentally demanding working conditions to sickness presenteeism, sickness absence, and their combinations among young and early midlife municipal employees: a register-linked follow-up.Annals of work exposures and health · 2026Article
- Job exposures, employer characteristics, and risk of reduced work capacity: a 10-year cohort study of Norwegian workers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2026Article
- Simulated Improvements in Influence at Work and Reduction in Sickness Absence Among Young Employees: A Nationwide Register-Based Study.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- Enterprise Characteristics Were Associated With Adherence to a Dialog-based Inspection Practice Aimed at Improving Occupational Safety and Health in Denmark.Safety and health at work · 2025Article
- Exploring the link between perceived job insecurity and sickness absence for common mental disorders.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Joint contributions of psychological distress and demanding working conditions to short and long sickness absence among young and early midlife municipal employees.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Occupational history of psychosocial work environment exposures and risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases - a Danish register-based cohort study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Article
- Cohort Profile: the Work Environment and Health in Denmark study.International journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- The role of familial factors and neuroticism in the association between exposure to offensive behaviors at work and long-term sickness absence due to common mental disorders - a prospective twin study.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivePrevious literature has established associations between psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence (SA), but only few studies have examined associations among younger employees. This study aimed to investigate associations between psychosocial working conditions and SA among employees, aged 15-30 years, who entered the labor market in Denmark between 2010 and 2018.
methodWe followed 301 185 younger employees in registers for on average 2.6 years. Using job exposure matrices, we assessed job insecurity, quantitative demands, decision authority, job strain, emotional demands, and work-related physical violence. Adjusted rate ratios of SA spells of any length were estimated for women and men separately with Poisson models.
resultsAmong women, employment in occupations with high quantitative demands, low decision authority, high job strain, high emotional demands, or high work-related physical violence was associated with higher rates of SA. Being employed in occupations with high versus low emotional demands showed the strongest association with SA, with a rate ratio of 1.44 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.41-1.47]. Among men, being employed in occupations with low decision authority showed the strongest association with SA (1.34, 95% CI 1.31-1.37), whereas occupations with high quantitative demands, high job strain, and high emotional demands were associated with lower rates of SA.
conclusionWe found that several psychosocial working conditions were associated with SA spells of any length. Associations with SA spells of any length resemble associations with long-term SA, suggesting that results from previous studies on long-term SA may be generalizable to all lengths of SA among younger employees.
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