BACKGROUND Workplace stressors, such as bullying, are strongly related to subsequent long-term sickness absence, but little is known of the possible physiological mechanisms linking workplace stressors and sickness absence. The primary aim of this study was to investigate to what extent cortisol levels were associated with subsequent sickness absence and if cortisol mediated the association bet...

Records of sickness for all industrial employees of H.M. Dockyard, Singapore were analysed over a calendar year, 1955-56, with a view to producing a standard rate for sickness absence in the three main ethnic divisions of this area, with particular reference to age. Other factors, such as form or grade of employment and residence, were considered in order to test their effect, if any, upon sick...

We study the recruitment behavior of Swedish employers using data from a stated choice experiment. In the experiment, the employers are first asked to describe an employee who recently and voluntarily left the firm, and then to choose between two hypothetical applicants to invite to a job interview or to hire as a replacement for their previous employee. The two applicants differ with respect t...

BACKGROUND Sickness absence is a growing public health problem in Norway and Denmark, with the highest absence rates being registered in Norway. We compared time trends in sickness absence patterns of municipal employees in the health and care sectors in Norway and Denmark. METHODS Data from 2004 to 2008 were extracted from the personnel registers of the municipalities of Kristiansand, Norway...

AIMS The authors sought to estimate differences in doctor-certified sickness absence during pregnancy among immigrant and native women. METHODS Population-based cohort study of pregnant women attending three Child Health Clinics in Groruddalen, Oslo, and their offspring. Questionnaire data were collected at gestational weeks 10-20 and 28. The participation rate was 74%. A multivariate Poisson...

Sickness absence rates are higher in winter than in summer and also the incidence of many diseases is affected by climatic conditions. Both these facts lead one to suspect that there is a genuine causative relationship between the weather and sickness absence. The object of this investigation is to develop a model to illustrate this relationship in order to obtain some idea of its precise form....

This paper is based on the records of 738 male teachers and 1,684 female teachers employed by Edinburgh Corporation during the academic year September 1, 1954 to July 31, 1955. The amount and distribution of sickness absence has been assessed by age and sex; and comparisons have been made with similar rates in the academic year 1950/51 to determine trends in absence. An interesting feature is t...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the relation between sickness presenteeism and different types of future sickness absence in 2,983 Belgian middle-aged workers. METHODS Data were collected from 1,372 male and 1,611 female workers. Presenteeism was assessed by a single question, evaluating the frequency of occasions of going at work, despite illness, during the preceding year. P...

BACKGROUND Doctors' sickness absence reduces the quality and continuity of patient care and is financially costly. Doctors have lower rates of sickness absence than other healthcare workers. AIMS To compare self-reported with recorded sickness absence in doctors in a UK National Health Service hospital trust. METHODS A retrospective questionnaire study. The main outcome measures were self-r...

......................................................................................................................... II CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1 Research Background ................................................................................................. 1 Problem Statement ....................