Trajectories of sickness absence after road traffic injury: a Swedish register-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite much focus on the health impact of road traffic injury (RTI) on life, there is a lack of knowledge of the dynamic process of return to work following RTI and its related factors. The aim of this study was to identify longitudinal patterns of sickness absence (SA) following RTI, to examine the patterns' interplay with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to determine if there are differences, regarding the patterns and interplay, according to injury severity.

Design

A register-based prospective cohort study.

Setting

Administrative data on RTI in Sweden from the Swedish Traffic Accident Data Acquisition System (STRADA) and Swedish Social Insurance data.

Participants

Individuals suffering an RTI (total n=4761) were identified in STRADA bet

SUBMITTER: Rissanen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677943 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature