2009
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp201
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Work-family interference and long-term sickness absence: a longitudinal cohort study

Abstract: These findings suggest that work-to-family interference is associated with long-term sickness absence in the working population, but in a gender- and situation-specific manner. Hence, extensive work responsibilities for men, and probably extensive family responsibilities for women, could hamper the balance between work and family and increase the risk of long-term sick leave. Further studies are warranted within this area.

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“…In these data, approximately one quarter of all medically confirmed sickness absence episodes lasted >2 weeks. The cut-off point of two weeks has also been used in previous studies (3,5). Supplementary analyses made with medically confirmed sickness absence episodes of any length showed somewhat weaker associations than those with the cut-off point of two weeks, but the ranking on the SF-36 subscales remained the same.…”
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“…In these data, approximately one quarter of all medically confirmed sickness absence episodes lasted >2 weeks. The cut-off point of two weeks has also been used in previous studies (3,5). Supplementary analyses made with medically confirmed sickness absence episodes of any length showed somewhat weaker associations than those with the cut-off point of two weeks, but the ranking on the SF-36 subscales remained the same.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…However, there is some debate about the nature and validity of sickness absence as a health measure. It has been argued that motivational factors and employee satisfaction play a decisive role in sickness absence behavior (1,2), which is also affected by contextual factors at work (3,4) and outside of work (5,6). Previous studies examining associations between sickness absence and other health measures have shown that medically confirmed sickness absence predicts future disability retirement (7,8) and mortality (9)(10)(11).…”
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“…Negative consequences associated with WFC include for example psychological distress (8), a decrease in sleep quality (9), elevated levels of need for recovery and fatigue (10), and sickness absence (11).…”
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“…It is also well established that women have more SAs than men irrespective of length 7,10) . This higher rate among women has been attributed to different occupations 10) , psychosocial 11) and physical work demands 12) , working conditions 13) , and work-family imbalance 14) . However, according to some findings, the gender divide cannot be attributed to a tendency among women to have a less healthy working envi-ronment than men 15) , and family-related factors also show only weak associations with SA 12) .…”
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