Long-term sickness absence among young and middle-aged workers in Norway: the impact of a population-level intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study objective was to evaluate the impact of a population-level intervention (the IA Agreement) on the of one-year risk for long-term sickness absence spells (LSAS) among young and middle aged workers in Norway.

Methods

Using an observational design, we conducted a quasi-experimental study to analyse registry data on individual LSAS for all employed individuals in 2000 (n = 298,690) and 2005 (n = 352,618), born in Norway between 1976 and 1967. The intervention of interest was the tripartite agreement for a more inclusive working life (the IA Agreement). We estimated difference in pre-post differences (DID) in LSAS between individuals working in IA companies with the intervention and companies without, in 2000 and 2005. We used logistic regression models and p

SUBMITTER: Hanvold TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7379790 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature