The association between health and sickness absence among Danish and non-Western immigrant cleaners in Denmark

Carneiro, Isabella Gomes; Rasmussen, Charlotte Diana Nørregaard; Jørgensen, Marie Birk; Flyvholm, Mari Ann; Olesen, Kasper; Madeleine, Pascal; Ekner, Dorte; Søgaard, Karen; Holtermann, Andreas

doi:10.1007/s00420-012-0773-5

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“…Similar findings applied to self-reported chronic pain where increased prevalence and higher pain intensity were reported among non-Western immigrants compared with ethnic Danes [21,29,37], yet, one study found no differences in pain report between immigrants holding a Danish citizenship and ethnic Danes [19].…”

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confidence: 69%

“…Another study, albeit on a small sample size with immigrants holding a Danish citizenship, found no differences in the self-report of long-lasting illness among immigrants compared with ethnic Danes [19]. Similarly, a study on cleaning staff only found no statistically significant differences in diagnosed chronic diseases among immigrants compared with ethnic Danes [21]. Finally, one study examined dementia and found increased prevalence of dementia among immigrants \60 years, and decreased prevalence of dementia among those C60 years compared with ethnic Danes [22].…”

Section: Adultsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…For descendants, only male Turkish descendants had increased risk of reporting poor health [33]. Poorer self-perceived health were also found among immigrants with a Danish citizenship compared with ethnic Danes [19] ; whereas among cleaners no statistically significant differences in self-perceived health among immigrants compared with ethnic Danes could be detected [21]. Using a SF12 symptom scale, non-Western immigrant groups reported more mental health and physical symptoms than did ethnic Danes, whereas descendants reported fewer physical health symptoms but more mental health symptoms [34].…”

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confidence: 96%

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Morbidity, Self-Perceived Health and Mortality Among non-Western Immigrants and Their Descendants in Denmark in a Life Phase Perspective

Jervelund

Malik

Ahlmark

et al. 2016

J Immigrant Minority Health

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To enable preventive policies to address health inequity across ethnic groups, this review overviews the current knowledge on morbidity, self-perceived health and mortality among non-Western immigrants and their descendants in Denmark. A systematic search in PUBMED, SCOPUS, Embase and Cochrane as well as in national databases was undertaken. The final number of publications included was 45. Adult immigrants had higher morbidity, but lower mortality compared to ethnic Danes. Immigrant children had higher mortality and morbidity compared to ethnic Danes. Immigrants' health is critical to reach the political goals of integration. Despite non-Western immigrants' higher morbidity than ethnic Danes, no national strategy targeting immigrants' health has been implemented. Future research should include elderly immigrants and children, preferably employing a life-course perspective to enhance understanding of parallel processes of societal adaptation and health.

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Morbidity, Self-Perceived Health and Mortality Among non-Western Immigrants and Their Descendants in Denmark in a Life Phase Perspective

Jervelund

Malik

Ahlmark

et al. 2016

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…The blood pressure was measured 3 times [27,28] and the average of the last 2 measures was calculated. All measurements were taken by trained medical personnel.…”

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Chronic diseases are strongly associated with sickness absences in a sample of Italian public employees

Casimirri¹,

Vaccari²,

Schito³

et al. 2014

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objectives: Data on the prevalence of chronic diseases and their relationship with sickness absence in the Italian public employees are rather scarce. Therefore, in the first place, we assessed the distribution of chronic diseases in the employees of the University of Ferrara. As a next step, we investigated the possible associations between each chronic disease and cumulative days of all-cause sickness absence, and finally we investigated the odds ratio of each single chronic disease on sickness absence. Material and Methods: A total of 514 employees, 269 sick-listed and 245 not sick-listed in 2012, were studied. Demographical/clinical characteristics and chronic diseases were obtained from all study participants during medical surveillance procedures. Sickness absence days and job seniority data were obtained from the administrative office. Results: Gastrointestinal and psychiatric diseases were the most reported in the sick-listed sample (p = 0.01 and p = 0.02, respectively, compared to the not sick-listed). In the interquantile regression analysis, the sickness absence days were associated with psychiatric diseases (β = 65.1, 95% CI: 13.2-117.1, p = 0.01) and with the presence of 2 or more chronic diseases (β = 23.3, 95% CI: 4.5-42, p = 0.02). Furthermore, the logistic regression analysis showed that the odds of sickness absence were increased 2 fold by psychiatric diseases (OR = 2.2, 95% CI: 1.01-4.93, p = 0.04), and gastrointestinal diseases (OR = 1.9, 95% CI: 1.07-3.42, p = 0.02) and, to a lesser extent, by high body mass index (OR = 1.05, 95% CI: 1-1.11, p = 0.03). Conversely, female gender reduced by half the odds of sickness absence (OR = 0.5, 95% CI: 0.3-0.8, p = 0.04). Conclusions: This study highlights the relevant association between chronic diseases and sickness absence in Italian public employees. Our findings indicate the importance of considering the health status when designing preventive interventions aimed at decreasing sickness absences in this population.

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“…Health, wellbeing, and mortality are all strongly related to the number of days of sickness absence [20], [21], and are reported to show a stable pattern over the years [22]. Research on work and health showed high job demands to be associated with a higher number of days of sickness absence [21].…”

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Income Inequality as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Job Demands and Sickness Absence, in Particular in Men: An International Comparison of 23 Countries

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ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate whether more sickness absence is reported in countries with higher income inequality than elsewhere, and whether the level of income inequality moderates the association between psycho-social job demands and sickness absence.MethodsOur analysis is based on the Fifth European Working Conditions Survey that compared 23 European countries. We performed multi-level regression analysis. On the macro-level of analysis we included the Gini-Index as measure of inequality. On the micro-level of analysis we followed the Karasek-Theorell model and included three scales for psychological job demands, physical job demands, and decision latitude in the model. The model was stratified by sex.ResultsWe found that, in countries with high income inequality, workers report significantly more sickness absence than workers in countries with low income inequality. In addition we found that the level of income inequality moderates the relationship between psychological job demands and sickness absence. High psychological job demands are significantly more strongly related to more days of sickness absence in countries with low income inequality than in countries with high income inequality.ConclusionsAs the nature and causal pathways of cross-level interaction effects still cannot be fully explained, we argue that future research should aim to explore such causal pathways. In accordance with WHO recommendations we argue that inequalities should be reduced. In addition we state that, particularly in countries with low levels of income inequality, policies should aim to reduce psychological job demands.

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The association between health and sickness absence among Danish and non-Western immigrant cleaners in Denmark

Abstract: The findings confirm the importance of health for high occurrence of sickness absence, in both ethnic groups. Moreover, low occurrence of sickness absence was not related to the health conditions investigated.

Cited by 21 publications

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Morbidity, Self-Perceived Health and Mortality Among non-Western Immigrants and Their Descendants in Denmark in a Life Phase Perspective

Morbidity, Self-Perceived Health and Mortality Among non-Western Immigrants and Their Descendants in Denmark in a Life Phase Perspective

Chronic diseases are strongly associated with sickness absences in a sample of Italian public employees

Income Inequality as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Job Demands and Sickness Absence, in Particular in Men: An International Comparison of 23 Countries

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