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creators_name: Gimeno, D
creators_name: Benavides, FG
creators_name: Amick, BC
creators_name: Benach, J
creators_name: Martinez, JM
title: Psychosocial factors and work related sickness absence among permanent and non-permanent employees
subjects: 3000
divisions: UCL
keywords: WHITEHALL-II, JOB DEMANDS, HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, BEHAVIOR, STRAIN, SATISFACTION, ENVIRONMENT, NURSES, COHORT
abstract: Study objective: To examine the association between psychosocial work factors and work related sickness absence among permanent and non-permanent employees by sex.Design: A cross sectional survey conducted in 2000 of a representative sample of the European Union total active population, aged 15 years and older. The independent variables were psychological job demands and job control as measures of psychosocial work environment, and work related sickness absence as the main outcome. Poisson regression models were used to compute sickness absence days' rate ratios.Setting: 15 countries of the European Union.Participants: A sample of permanent (n=12875) and non-permanent (n=1203) workers from the Third European Survey on Working Conditions.Results: High psychological job demands, low job control, and high strain and passive work were associated with higher work related sickness absence. The risks were more pronounced in non-permanent compared with permanent employees and men compared with women.Conclusions: This work extends previous research on employment contracts and sickness absence, suggesting different effects depending on psychosocial working conditions and sex.
date: 2004-10
date_type: published
publisher: B M J PUBLISHING GROUP
vfaculties: VFPHS
oa_status: green
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Article
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elements_source: Web of Science
elements_id: 74764
doi: 10.1136/jech.2003.016634
lyricists_name: GIMENO I RUIZ DE PORRAS, DAVID
lyricists_id: DGIME70
full_text_status: public
publication: J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H
volume: 58
number: 10
pagerange: 870 - 876
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0143-005X
citation:        Gimeno, D;    Benavides, FG;    Amick, BC;    Benach, J;    Martinez, JM;      (2004)    Psychosocial factors and work related sickness absence among permanent and non-permanent employees.                   J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H , 58  (10)   870 - 876.    10.1136/jech.2003.016634 <https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2003.016634>.       Green open access   
 
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