Sickness absence among mothers caring for a child with disability: Examining the impact of mechanical and psychosocial occupational exposures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sickness absence is more prevalent among mothers caring for children with disability compared to those caring for non-disabled children. Working in a poor working environment may worsen the impact of care burden on health outcomes among mothers of children with disabilities.

Objective

The study investigated how sickness absences are associated with mechanical and psychosocial occupational exposures among mothers caring for children with and without disabilities.

Methods

The study included children born between 2005 and 2013 and their respective mothers (N = 147, 507). Using register data from Statistics Norway, a Zero-Inflated Negative Binominal Regression was fitted to estimate the relationship between mechanical and psychosocial occupational exposu

SUBMITTER: Wondemu MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10840332 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature