Sickness absence trajectories and retirement pathways among industrial workers.

ABSTRACT: We studied the trajectories of sickness absences among industrial workers over 6 years and examined whether the membership of trajectories was associated with subsequent retirement type for 11 years. We used data from one of the largest Finnish food industry companies that responded to a questionnaire survey in 2003. Sickness absence days per year from 2003 to 2008 were obtained from the company's registers and linked to the register of Finnish Centre for Pension data (statutory and non-statutory) until the end of 2019. We analysed data from 633 individuals who had information on sickness absence and the type of retirement. Latent class growth modelling was used to identify trajectories of sickness absence days per year, and Cox-regression models were used to examine the association of tra

SUBMITTER: Neupane S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12311352 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature