OBJECTIVE: Giving recommended immunizations during sick visits for minor and acute illness such as acute otitis media has long been an American Academy of Pediatrics/Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice recommendation. An addition to the American Academy of Pediatrics policy in 2010 advised considering whether giving immunizations at the sick visit would discouragemaking upmissed well-ba...

Szeged 2010 2 Introduction The task of nursing – according to its definition – is to help the healthly or sick person to perform those activities which contribute his or her health, healing or peaceful dying, and which he/she would done if he/she had enough strenght, will or knowledge to do so. During patient care, nurses need such knowledge and skills, which are eligible to handle the patient'...

OBJECTIVE Common mental disorders (CMDs) are among the leading causes of sick leave, and more knowledge on factors related to work participation and return-to-work (RTW) in CMDs is needed. The aim of this study was to investigate RTW-expectations and illness perceptions as predictors of benefit recipiency in CMDs. DESIGN Study participants were enrolled in a randomised controlled trial and re...

The paper examines whether a worker’s sick absence behaviour influences the risk of becoming unemployed. Swedish panel data are used to estimate the relationship between the incidence and duration of sick leave and subsequent unemployment. The results indicate that an increase in the number of sick leaves as well as an increase in the duration of sick spells is associated with higher risk of un...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the influence of long-term sick leave on patients' life situation. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS Cross-sectional study based on 1350 individuals with a consecutive sick leave period of 12-18 months. Half were still on sick leave, half were no longer sick-listed. METHODS A total of 862 participants answered a postal questionnaire including 24 questions on consequences of their sic...