Long-term sickness absence among patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Long-term sickness absence among patients with chronic fatigue

Influence of short term and long-term sickness absence on work ability index

Background: Sickness absence is a major socio-economic problem imposing a huge amount of cost to societies.This issue has been widely concerned over the last few years. Absence from work entails complex conditions and multifactorial etiology. According to previous studies, there are various occupational and personal factors contributing to the incidence of sickness absence. Long-term sickness ...

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Introduction: Absenteeism is one of the challenging issues in managing human resources. Many social, economic and personal factors may affect sickness absence. We studied effects of some personal factors on sickness absence in a governmental organization.     Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we invited all of white collar workers of one governmental organization to pa...

Chronic fatigue syndrome after Giardia enteritis: clinical characteristics, disability and long-term sickness absence

BACKGROUND A waterborne outbreak of Giardia lamblia gastroenteritis led to a high prevalance of long-lasting fatigue and abdominal symptoms. The aim was to describe the clinical characteristics, disability and employmentloss in a case series of patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) after the infection. METHODS Patients who reported persistent fatigue, lowered functional capacity and si...

Assessment of the status of sickness absence in a home appliance manufacturing company’s workers

Background: In recent years, sickness absence in industrialized societies has been accompanied by a lot of costs and problems and is still increasing. In addition, sickness absence is progressively used as a health indicator among the workforce. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the status of absenteeism due to illness in workers of a home appliance company Method: This cross-...