The contribution of physical working conditions to sickness absence of varying length among employees with and without common mental disorders.

ABSTRACT: Aims: The aim was to examine whether the contribution of physical work exposures to the risk of sickness absence (SA) is different between those with and without common mental disorders (CMD). Methods: We used questionnaire data on four work exposures and CMD from 6159 participants of the Helsinki Health Study cohort with 12,458 observations from three surveys (2000-2002, 2007 and 2012). We formed combination exposures for the work exposures (hazardous exposures, physical workload, computer and shift work) with CMD. Associations with SA of different length were examined with negative binomial regression models. Results: We observed stronger associations for CMD with SA than for the individual work exposures. The strength of the associations for hazardous exposures and

SUBMITTER: Halonen JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7917561 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature