Dual trajectories of short-term and long-term sickness absence and their social- and health-related determinants among women in the public sector.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Short- and long-term sickness absence (SA) vary in their determinants. We examined short- and long-term SA contemporaneously as two interconnected phenomena to characterize their temporal development, and to identify employees with increasing SA at an early stage.

Methods

We extracted 46- to 55-year-old employed women from the Helsinki Health Study occupational cohort during 2000-17 (N = 3206) and examined the development of short- (1-14 days) and long-term (>14 days) SA using group-based dual trajectory modelling. In addition, we investigated the associations of social-, work- and health-related factors with trajectory group membership.

Results

For short-term SA, we selected a three-group solution: 'no short-term SA' (50%), 'low frequency short-term SA' (4

SUBMITTER: Suur-Uski J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10990561 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature