Emotional demands and all-cause and diagnosis-specific long-term sickness absence: a prospective cohort study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High emotional demands at work require sustained emotional effort and are associated with adverse health outcomes. We tested whether individuals in occupations with high emotional demands, compared with low demands, had a higher future risk of all-cause long-term sickness absence (LTSA). We further explored whether the risk of LTSA associated with high emotional demands differed by LTSA diagnoses.

Methods

We conducted a prospective, nationwide cohort study on the association between emotional demands and LTSA (>30 days) in the workforce in Sweden (n = 3 905 685) during a 7-year follow-up. Using Cox regression, we analyzed sex-stratified risks of all-cause and diagnosis-specific LTSA due to common mental disorders (CMD), musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and all othe

SUBMITTER: Framke E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234643 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature