BACKGROUND Sickness absence is a considerable economic and social problem. Short-term sickness absence is known to be associated with behavioural attitudes. The correlation between sickness absence and job satisfaction has been studied infrequently and with contradictory results. AIMS This study investigated the correlation between short-term sickness absence and both global and specific job ...

INTRODUCTION Approximately 60% of the U.S. adult population is employed. Many aspects of a person's job may influence health, but it is unclear which job characteristics are most strongly associated with health at a population level. The purpose of this study was to identify important associations between job characteristics and workers' self-rated health in a nationally representative survey o...

Background Staff retention and turnover have risen in prominence in the global discourse on the health workforce. Moonlighting, having a second job in addition to a primary job, has not featured in debates on turnover. Objective This paper examines whether moonlighting is a determinant of South African nurses' intention to leave their primary jobs. Design During 2010, a one-stage cluster random...

OBJECTIVES To investigate occupational factors associated with sick leave over a 4-year period in Australian employees. METHODS Longitudinal data (self-report) from 2861 Australian full-time employees (69.4% male) were used. Occupational factors and relevant covariates were assessed at baseline with sick leave assessed yearly over a 4-year period. The data were analyzed using multinomial logi...

This study aims to elucidate the relationships among the factors of the demand-control-support model (DCS) on the intention to leave a hospital job and depressive symptoms. Participants included 1,063 nurses. Job demand, job control, and support from supervisors were found to be significantly related to both the intention to leave and depressive symptoms. Based on the odds ratios per 1 SD chang...

OBJECTIVE To identify prognostic risk factors in patients with occupational hand eczema (OHE). DESIGN Cohort study with 1-year follow-up. SETTING Danish National Board of Industrial Injuries Registry. PATIENTS All patients with newly recognized OHE (758 cases) from October 1, 2001, through November 10, 2002. INTERVENTIONS Participants received a questionnaire covering self-rated severit...