Concurrent trajectories of part-time work and sickness absence: a longitudinal cohort study over 11 years among shift working hospital employees.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the concurrent changes in part-time work and sickness absence (SA) in healthcare. Another aim was to investigate the role of age and sex on different concurrent trajectory groups.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Public hospital districts (n=10) and cities (n=11) in Finland.

Participants

Payroll-based objective working hour data of the healthcare sector in Finland for 28 969 employees in 2008-2019 were used. The final sample included those working shifts with 3 consecutive years of data and without baseline (≥14 days) SA.

Primary outcomes

Part-time work (yes or no) and months of SA.

Measures

Group-based trajectory modelling to identify concurrent changes in part-time work, and months of SA while controlling the ti

SUBMITTER: Ropponen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533668 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature