Alternative duty work as workplace-initiated procedure to reduce sickness absence

Systematic review of active workplace interventions to reduce sickness absence

BACKGROUND The workplace is used as a setting for interventions to prevent and reduce sickness absence, regardless of the specific medical conditions and diagnoses. AIMS To give an overview of the general effectiveness of active workplace interventions aimed at preventing and reducing sickness absence. METHODS We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Psych-info, and ISI web of knowledge o...

Absence from work attributed to sickness.

Shift work and sickness absence.

BACKGROUND Sickness absence is increasing in public work places in Denmark where shift work is common. AIMS The aim of this prospective study was to predict the hazard ratio (HR) of short- and long-term sickness absence due to shift work in Danish shift workers. METHODS A total of 1008 shift workers and 4009 day workers were followed up for short- and long-time sickness absence. RESULTS A...

Work-family conflict as a risk factor for sickness absence.

OBJECTIVES (1) To study both cross-sectional and prospective relationships between work-family conflict and sickness absence from work; (2) to explore the direction of the relationships between the different types of conflict (work-home interference and home-work interference) and sickness absence; and (3) to explore gender differences in the above relationships. METHODS Data from the Maastri...

Return to work following sickness absence due to infectious mononucleosis.

BACKGROUND Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis among adults is notorious because of the prolonged incapacitating fatigue it causes. AIMS To investigate the duration of sickness absence and return to work following infectious mononucleosis. METHODS Episodes of sickness absence due to infectious mononucleosis were selected from an occupational health services register. The duration of...