Do gender and psychosocial job stressors modify the relationship between disability and sickness
                    absence: An investigation using 12 waves of a longitudinal cohort

Milner, Allison; Aitken, Zoe; Byars, Sean G.; Butterworth, Peter; Kavanagh, Anne

doi:10.5271/sjweh.3865

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“…Nonetheless, this still suggests that the mental health effect is nearly double the physical health effect. These results confirm previous findings from Australia [ 4 , 5 ] that a change in mental health is a significant predictor of workplace absenteeism, but for the first time we show the size of this effect relative to a change in physical health. This result for sickness absence is consistent with the health-related causes of permanent labour market exit in the UK, where mental health problems are now the most prevalent reason for claiming Employment Support Allowance [ 47 ].…”

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“…Some recent international research found that absence rates in Australia are about 5% higher among workers with poor mental health compared to those with good mental health, and that this is mitigated somewhat by increased job control and, for women, increased job security [ 4 ]. It has also been found that having a long-term health condition leads to a significantly higher rate of sickness absence in Australia, and this effect is higher for men and workers experiencing low job control [ 5 ]. In a study of six European countries (excluding the UK), people with severe disabilities had higher absence than non-disabled people, even controlling for indicators of short-term health state.…”

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The effect of mental and physical health problems on sickness absence

2021

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Absenteeism is an important feature of the labour market, imposing significant costs on employers and the economy as a whole. This paper is the first to use a large labour force survey sample to investigate how different physical and mental health conditions affect absence rates among prime age workers in the UK. A pooled time series/cross-section analysis reveals that people with a chronic health condition are more likely to be absent from work, and mental health has a significantly larger effect than physical health. From a longitudinal perspective, we find that a change in mental health has an effect on absenteeism more than three times greater than a change in physical health. These findings imply that the prevention and alleviation of chronic health conditions, particularly common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety that are highly prevalent in prime age workers, will deliver significant benefits to the UK economy due to reduced absenteeism. Further, there is significant heterogeneity between different health conditions, with some having no effect at all on absenteeism having controlled for other factors.

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“…Furthermore, we utilized population-based twin cohort which adds to the earlier results based on occupational groups 9,30 . We also assume that our results shed further light to the findings that the associations between psychosocial working conditions and SA may not vary depending on definition of SA, 13,31 but more due to occupational groups, that is, many previous studies have been done on selected populations.…”

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“…Studies vary on their definitions of SA both for duration and diagnosis groups, 9–11,16 but also vary their populations of interest, most commonly being focused on specific occupational groups 9,30 . It has been shown that the associations between psychosocial working conditions and SA may vary depending on definition of SA 13,31 …”

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Psychosocial Working Conditions and Subsequent Sickness Absence—Effects of Pain and Common Mental Disorders in a Population-Based Swedish Twin Sample

Ropponen

Wang

Farrants

et al. 2022

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Objective: To investigate pain and/or common mental disorders (CMDs) in the associations between psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence (SA) while controlling familial confounding. Methods: Prospective Prospective twin cohort study included survey data for pain and CMD, register data for SA and psychosocial working conditions. The follow-up from 2005 to 2016 of 28,916 twin individuals for first incident SA spell measured as the main International Classification of Diseases version 10 (ICD-10) diagnosis groups (F00-F99, I00-I99, and M00-M99), or the duration. We used regression models to obtain odds ratio (OR), incidence rate ratio (IRR), or relative risk ratio (RRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: The covariate adjusted models of 9156 SA spells indicated almost no statistically significant associations between psychosocial working conditions and SA. Conclusions: Psychosocial working conditions were not associated with SA while familial confounding could not be ruled out.

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Exploring the working conditions of disabled employees: a scoping review

Teborg,

Hünefeld,

Gerdes

2024

J Occup Med Toxicol

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Purpose Disabled people are often overlooked in considerations about work design, which contributes to their exclusion from the labor market. This issue also reflects within research, as the body of knowledge on the working conditions of disabled employees remains relatively limited. Methods A scoping review was conducted to assess the research landscape concerning the working conditions of disabled employees. Five databases have been searched, focusing on relevant studies published between 2017 and 2022. Results One hundred fourteen studies were included in the review. It was found that social aspects of work appeared within a substantial portion of the examined studies. Furthermore, it became evident that the interplay of accessibility and flexibility provides an important dynamic to make work design both inclusive and feasible. Conclusion The recurrent prominence of social aspects, accessibility, and flexibility across the studies shows common challenges and potentials within the work situation of disabled employees. This suggests avenues for future research and inclusive work design.

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Do gender and psychosocial job stressors modify the relationship between disability and sickness absence: An investigation using 12 waves of a longitudinal cohort

Cited by 5 publications

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The effect of mental and physical health problems on sickness absence

The effect of mental and physical health problems on sickness absence

Psychosocial Working Conditions and Subsequent Sickness Absence—Effects of Pain and Common Mental Disorders in a Population-Based Swedish Twin Sample

Exploring the working conditions of disabled employees: a scoping review

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