Background: The regular intake of probiotics is alleged to help prevent or shorten the duration of common colds and gastrointestinal diseases. Previous clinical trials have shown protective effects in young children, while effects in adults have not yet been sufficiently investigated. Methods: This study examines the effect of the regular intake of the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri (DSM 17938...

PURPOSE Sick-listed cancer survivors may face lasting side-effects, even after a successful completion of treatment. As a consequence, they are at risk of work disability, which may lead to job loss. Knowledge of prognostic factors of work disability may support cancer survivors in their trajectory of vocational rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to identify prognostic factors of wor...

OBJECTIVES Little is known about the prognosis of community-acquired bacteraemia (CAB) in workforce adults. We assessed return to workforce, risk for sick leave, disability pension and mortality within 1 year after CAB in workforce adults compared with blood culture-negative controls and population controls. DESIGN Population-based cohort study. SETTING North Denmark, 1996-2011. PARTICIPA...

The study of emotional labor and sickness presenteeism in the hotel industry is crucial due to current context economic uncertainty a climate insecurity that forces employees continue show up for work even despite being sick. This research aimed explore effect supervision distrust as an antecedent surface acting on service employees' exhaustion levels. Sickness acting—the voluntary effort suppr...