Work-related stress, reason for consultation and diagnosis-specific sick leave: How do they add up?

ABSTRACT: Work-related stress is common in Western society and disorders associated with stress are often managed in primary health care. This study was set to increase the understanding of the relationship between reason for consultation, work-related stress and diagnosis-specific sick leave for primary health care patients. The longitudinal observational study included 232 employed non-sick listed patients at seven primary health care centres in Sweden. Of these patients, 102 reported high work-related stress, as measured with the Work Stress Questionnaire, and 84 were on registered sick leave within one year after inclusion. The study showed that, compared to those who did not report high work-related stress, highly stressed patients more often sought care for mental symptoms (60/102 versus 24/13

SUBMITTER: Hulten AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10353798 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature