ArticleBMC public health2024
Gender differences in long term sickness absence.
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- Work-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for common mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Factors Related to the Recurrence of Sickness Absence Due to Common Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- The relationship between psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence days among employees reporting symptoms of common mental disorders in Germany.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2026Trial
- Unstable hours, unequal health: Gendered occupational health costs of work-hour volatility in the U.S.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- Mobbing, Gender Roles, and Job Satisfaction Among Healthcare Radiation Workers: A Cross-Cultural Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Do Gender and Chronic or Episodic Disability Type Moderate the Relationship Between Support Availability, Perceived Workplace Support Towards Disclosure and Job Disruptions?Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Variation in mental health-related sickness absence duration: The role of occupational health professionals.PloS one · 2026Article
- Incidence and sociodemographic characteristics of coexisting function-limiting musculoskeletal problems and psychological distress among university students in Sweden: The SUN cohort study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Predictors of prolonged sickness absence after work injuries: a retrospective study using Tukey's Fence in 66,658 Hong Kong workers.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Economic gains from hypothetical improvements in the psychosocial work environment: A cohort study of 71 207 workers in Denmark.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Article
- Are There Sex Differences in Wrist Velocity and Forearm Muscle Activity When Performing Identical Hand-Intensive Work Tasks?Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Global epidemiological trends and burden of cervical and subcervical spinal cord injuries, 1990-2021: a multidimensional analysis using global burden of disease data.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Work disability status following routine mental health treatment: a Norwegian registry-based cohort study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Sickness Absences Among Healthcare Workers: A Cohort Study in a Spanish Hospital (2018-2023).La Medicina del lavoro · 2025Article
- Associations of depressive symptoms and psychosocial working conditions with sickness absences in a Finnish cohort of 11,495 employees.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Gender differences in mental health-related sickness absence in the education sector.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Chronic noncommunicable diseases and absenteeism from work: National Survey of Health, 2019.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeSickness absence is a major public health problem, given its high cost and negative impact on employee well-being. Understanding sickness absence duration and recovery rates among different groups is useful to develop effective strategies for enhancing recovery and reducing costs related to sickness absence.
methodsOur study analyzed data from a large occupational health service, including over 5 million sick-listed employees from 2010 to 2020, out of which almost 600,000 cases were diagnosed by an occupational health physician. We classified each case according to diagnosis and gender, and performed descriptive statistical analysis for each category. In addition, we used survival analysis to determine recovery rates for each group.
resultsMean sickness duration and recovery rate both differ significantly among groups. Mental and musculoskeletal disorders had the longest absence duration. Recovery rates differed especially during the first months of sickness absence. For men the recovery rate was nearly constant during the first 1.5 year, for women the recovery rate was relatively low in the first three months, and then stayed nearly constant for 1.5 year.
conclusionAcross almost all diagnostic classes, it was consistently observed that women had longer average sickness absence durations than to men. Considering mental disorders and diseases of the musculoskeletal system, women had relatively lower recovery rates during the initial months compared to men. As time progressed, the recovery rates of both genders converged and became more similar.
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