Exploring the link between perceived job insecurity and sickness absence for common mental disorders.

ABSTRACT: Perceived job insecurity is associated with poor mental health, but whether it affects sickness absence is not well understood. The present study examines the association between perceived job insecurity and sickness absence due to common mental disorders and whether changes in perceived job insecurity affects the risk of sickness absence due to common mental disorders. Data are from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health and include those who participated at least once between 2010 and 2020 (n = 24 049). Two different types of analyses were conducted: (1) logistic regression with adjustments for baseline covariates and (2) pooled logistic regression with inverse probability weights, across 5 emulated target trials assessing onsets and/or offsets of job insecurity versus st

SUBMITTER: Blomqvist S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12311365 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature