Sickness absence as a risk factor for job termination, unemployment, and disability pension among temporary and permanent employees

Virtanen, Marianna; Kivimäki, Mika; Vahtera, Jussi; Elovainio, Marko; Sund, Reijo; Virtanen, Pekka; Ferrie, Jane E.

doi:10.1136/oem.2005.020297

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“…The association between permanent employment and LTSA for women can be interpreted in several ways. Since temporary employees have lower job security, they may be reluctant to hamper future job prospects by making extensive use of sick leave compared to permanent employees [30,31]. Permanent employment could also be related to job strain, because the high level of formal job outside work.…”

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Long-term sickness absence: changes in risk factors and the population at risk

Lidwall¹,

Bergendorff²,

Voss³

et al. 2009

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objectives: To investigate changes over time in factors associated with long-term sickness absence (LTSA) and in the fraction of LTSA attributable to these risk factors in 1986-1989 and 2002, respectively. Materials and methods: Data from two earlier Swedish studies respectively comprising 1622 and 2009 employees with a history of LTSA (≥ 60 days), and 1019 and 1903 employed members of the general labour force as controls (ages 20-64 years) was used. The studies were conducted before and after extensive changes in the Swedish labour market during the 1990s, and they used sickness absence data from national social insurance records and self-reported information on sociodemographic, lifestyle, and work characteristics. Associations between these factors and LTSA were estimated by logistic regression, and population attributable fractions were calculated. Results: The results indicate that, after the 1990s, LTSA was associated with female sex (odds ratio = 1.84, 95% CI: 1.57-2.15) and was also more strongly associated with various aspects of the psychosocial work environment and job situations. A larger population at risk, primarily an ageing workforce, account for a large proportion of LTSA. Conclusions: The results confirm consistent associations between LTSA and several established risk factors, and they also reveal a change in the risk panorama. The current findings demonstrate that, to understand the magnitude of LTSA, both risk factors and the population at risk must be monitored over time. Prevention should aim to create healthy workplaces in general and also focus on female-dominated public sector occupations.

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Long-term sickness absence: changes in risk factors and the population at risk

Lidwall¹,

Bergendorff²,

Voss³

et al. 2009

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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“…Tras varias simulaciones se establecieron diferentes puntos de corte. En relación a la duración de la IT, varios estudios observan un aumento en la probabilidad de desarrollar una IP al incrementar la duración de la IT [13][14][15][16][17][18] . Este tiempo de duración de la IT se agrupó en tres categorías con su respectiva puntuación: menos de 4 meses (0 puntos), entre 4 y 6 meses (1 punto) y más de 6 meses (2 puntos).…”

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Estimación de la carga de enfermedad por incapacidad laboral permanente en España durante el período 2009-2012

López

Duran

Alonso

et al. 2014

Rev. Esp. Salud Publica

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Los autores declaran no tener conflictos de intereses. RESUMENFundamentos: La incapacidad laboral permanente (IP) supone una importante carga social y económica. El objetivo de este estudio fue estimar la carga de enfermedad debida a la IP en España.Métodos: A partir de la Muestra Continua de Vidas Laborales (MCVL) se imputó como diagnóstico de la IP (2009-2012) el de la incapacidad temporal (IT) iniciada en 2009 en los individuos que cumplieron dos criterios: larga duración de la IT y corta duración del período entre la IT y la IP. Para los casos con diagnóstico imputado se calculó la carga de enfermedad por IP a partir de los años potenciales de vida laboral perdidos (APVLP), definidos como la diferencia entre la edad de jubilación (65 años) y la edad de inicio de la IP.Resultados: Según la MCVL, 163.135 (13,6%) personas sufrieron de IT en 2009, de las cuáles a 4.738 (0,39%) se le reconoció una IP entre 2009-2012. Se pudo establecer el diagnóstico de IP en 3.073 (64,9%) casos. Las causas más frecuentes de IP fueron los trastornos musculo-esqueléticos (27,4%) y mentales (11,6%) que, asimismo, produjeron mayor cantidad de APVLP por IP: 11.086 (26,5%) y 7.052 (16,9%), respectivamente. Los trastornos mentales destacaron por producir IP a edades más jóvenes (mediana=49 años). Conclusiones:Los trastornos mentales y los musculo-esqueléticos representaron la mayor carga de enfermedad en individuos en situación de IP.

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“…6 7 Although the levels of ozone in outdoor air also have been associated with an increased risk in lung cancer and DNA damage, the causal nature of this relationship is unclear. [8][9][10] Tovalin and colleagues provide mechanistic support for these epidemiological observations by showing that the DNA damage in outdoor workers was associated with PM 2.5 . This is the first clear demonstration that particles of this size in outdoor air are associated with DNA damage in humans as measured by the comet assay.…”

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“…This situation, which has been called ''presenteeism'', 7 could increase the risk of more severe diseases. 8 In the March issue of this journal, Virtanen and colleagues, 9 from the ''Finnish Public Sector Cohort Study'', provide valuable evidence about the complex association between health and work, specifically the role of the labour relations. Among public sector workers, a high rate of sickness absenteeism significantly increases the risk of job termination and unemployment in temporary employment.…”

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