PURPOSE The aim of the study is to identify work-related determinants of return to work (RTW) of employees who are on long-term sickness absence. METHOD The study was based on a sample of 926 employees on sickness absence (maximum duration of 12 weeks). The employees filled out a baseline questionnaire and were subsequently followed until the 10th month after listing sick. Cox proportional ha...

This study examined a theoretical model that linked leadership, positive and negative workgroup environments, positive and negative affect and workgroup size with group-level voluntary and involuntary absence. Structural equation analyses were conducted on data obtained from 27,327 staff members in 852 schools. Overall, the results demonstrated that voluntary and involuntary absence each had di...

CONTEXT Agenesis of the dorsal pancreas is a rare developmental anomaly. This anomaly may be complicated by recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 28-year-old female with agenesis of the dorsal pancreas and chronic calcific pancreatitis. The diagnosis of agenesis of the dorsal pancreas is discussed and the genetic changes leading to it are reviewed. The ...

Annual sickness absence rates in Great Britain since 1950 have been compared with similar measurements obtained from eight other countries. Frequency has tended to rise more than severity, indicating a shortening of the average length of a spell. The rise in British rates is not unique, and has been exceeded in Sweden, Holland, Italy, and West Germany. From the Swedish experience with self-cert...

BACKGROUND Workplace stressors, such as bullying, are strongly related to subsequent long-term sickness absence, but little is known of the possible physiological mechanisms linking workplace stressors and sickness absence. The primary aim of this study was to investigate to what extent cortisol levels were associated with subsequent sickness absence and if cortisol mediated the association bet...

Records of sickness for all industrial employees of H.M. Dockyard, Singapore were analysed over a calendar year, 1955-56, with a view to producing a standard rate for sickness absence in the three main ethnic divisions of this area, with particular reference to age. Other factors, such as form or grade of employment and residence, were considered in order to test their effect, if any, upon sick...

BACKGROUND Self-esteem is one of the basic needs for all individuals especially in adolescence. The aim of this study was to determine associations between adolescents' self-esteem and perceived maternal parenting styles as well as its dimensions in terms of family type. METHODS In this analytic cross-sectional study, 356 high school students (250 two-parent nuclear family and 106 single-pare...

Pain is a most unusual manifestation of epilepsy, and it is rarer still for chest pain to be the primary manifestation of a seizure disorder. We report here a 6 year old boy with epileptic chest pain--'chest epilepsy'--an entity not previously described in children.

We study the recruitment behavior of Swedish employers using data from a stated choice experiment. In the experiment, the employers are first asked to describe an employee who recently and voluntarily left the firm, and then to choose between two hypothetical applicants to invite to a job interview or to hire as a replacement for their previous employee. The two applicants differ with respect t...

AIMS To analyse the association between sickness absence and sex segregation of occupation and of work site, respectively, and to analyse work environmental factors associated with high sickness absence. METHODS The study group consisted of 1075 women employed as nurses, assistant nurses, medical secretaries, or metal workers who answered a questionnaire comprising 218 questions on women's he...