Factors influencing absence from work (Part I) : Influence of life-style and medical abnormality on absence from work

Investigating the Work-Related Accidents in Iran: Analyzing and Comparing the Factors Associated With the Duration of Absence From Work

Work-related accidents as one of the most prominent indicators of safety and health in the industry play an undeniable role in developing and improving the quality of industrial health management. Therefore, their accurate analysis on a large scale is essential. To provide controlling solutions, we aimed to investigate the causes of occupational accidents in Iran for 10 years (2007-2017). At fi...

Influence of short term and long-term sickness absence on work ability index

Background: Sickness absence is a major socio-economic problem imposing a huge amount of cost to societies.This issue has been widely concerned over the last few years. Absence from work entails complex conditions and multifactorial etiology. According to previous studies, there are various occupational and personal factors contributing to the incidence of sickness absence. Long-term sickness ...

Relationship between job satisfaction, absence from work and turnover among nurses

Background and Purpose: Absence from work, quitting job and turnover of nursing staff put a great burden on any health care system in terms of hiring, training and maintaining nurses. Studies suggest that those with higher job satisfaction are less likely to state being sick and indicate that there is a relationship between the nurses’ job satisfaction and their tendency to quit or ask for a...

Absence from work and physical fitness.

Absence from Work: Prevention of Fatigue