Tonje Strømholm1, Kristine Pape, Solveig Osborg Ose, Steinar Krokstad, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard. 1. From the Department of Occupational Medicine (Dr Strømholm), Forensic Department and Research Centre Brøset (Dr Bjørngaard), St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital; Department of Public Health and General Practice (Drs Pape, and Bjørngaard), Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Department of Health Research (Dr Ose), SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim; Department of Public Health and General Practice (Dr Krokstad), HUNT Research Centre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Levanger Hospital (Dr Krokstad), Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF, Levanger, Norway.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence. METHODS: Data for 21,834 employed adults from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) were linked to the sickness benefit register and sickness absence during 1 year after survey participation was analyzed with logistic regression. RESULTS: A one unit change on a 0 to 3 self-reported job demand scale was associated with a fully adjusted 24% and 25% increased odds of sickness absence in men and women, respectively. A one unit change on a 0 to 3 scale for self-reported support at work was associated with a fully adjusted 13% and 17% reduced odds of sickness absence in men and women, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that demands, and to some extent support, at work might influence sickness absence-also when adjusting for a detailed categorization of occupations.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence. METHODS: Data for 21,834 employed adults from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) were linked to the sickness benefit register and sickness absence during 1 year after survey participation was analyzed with logistic regression. RESULTS: A one unit change on a 0 to 3 self-reported job demand scale was associated with a fully adjusted 24% and 25% increased odds of sickness absence in men and women, respectively. A one unit change on a 0 to 3 scale for self-reported support at work was associated with a fully adjusted 13% and 17% reduced odds of sickness absence in men and women, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that demands, and to some extent support, at work might influence sickness absence-also when adjusting for a detailed categorization of occupations.
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