M Leijon1, G Hensing, K Alexanderson. 1. Department of Health and Environment, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping, Sweden.
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Sickness absence and disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses has increased in Sweden. STUDY OBJECTIVE: To study gender trends in sickness absence with musculoskeletal diagnoses and its changes in 1985-87. DESIGN: A prospective population-based study of all new sick-leave spells exceeding seven days in 1985-87. Sickness absence with "all diagnoses" was compared to "all musculoskeletal diagnoses", the latter group was also divided into three sub-groups. SETTING: The county of Ostergötland, Sweden. PARTICIPANTS: All sick-leave insured aged 16-65; 107,000 women and 100,000 men. RESULTS: More women than men were sick-listed in "all diagnoses" in 1985. There were corresponding gender differences in sickness absence with musculoskeletal diagnoses except with the diagnosis "low back pain". Sick-listing with musculoskeletal diagnoses increased for both women and men from 1985 to 1987, but the increase was consistently much higher for women, especially for younger women.
UNLABELLED: Sickness absence and disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses has increased in Sweden. STUDY OBJECTIVE: To study gender trends in sickness absence with musculoskeletal diagnoses and its changes in 1985-87. DESIGN: A prospective population-based study of all new sick-leave spells exceeding seven days in 1985-87. Sickness absence with "all diagnoses" was compared to "all musculoskeletal diagnoses", the latter group was also divided into three sub-groups. SETTING: The county of Ostergötland, Sweden. PARTICIPANTS: All sick-leave insured aged 16-65; 107,000 women and 100,000 men. RESULTS: More women than men were sick-listed in "all diagnoses" in 1985. There were corresponding gender differences in sickness absence with musculoskeletal diagnoses except with the diagnosis "low back pain". Sick-listing with musculoskeletal diagnoses increased for both women and men from 1985 to 1987, but the increase was consistently much higher for women, especially for younger women.
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