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dc.contributor.authorTveito, Torill Helene
dc.contributor.authorHalvorsen, Asle
dc.contributor.authorLauvålien, Jarle V.
dc.contributor.authorEriksen, Hege Randi
dc.date.accessioned2006-10-16T11:40:32Z
dc.date.available2006-10-16T11:40:32Z
dc.date.issued2002eng
dc.PublishedNorsk Epidemiologi 12(1): 63-68
dc.identifier.issn0803-2491
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/1897
dc.description.abstractAims: The aims of this project were to study the distribution of sickness leave in a population of Norwegian power company workers, and to characterise those with most sickness leave. Method: A survey was done in 13 power companies during the autumn of 1999. 2435 employees participated, the response rate was 73%. The employees were asked to fill in questionnaires about sickness leave, physical work environment, stress, coping, psychological demands, control, and subjective health complaints. Results: A group of 10% of the employees reported 82% of the sickness leave. They were characterised by heavy physical work, lower education, and high levels of many health risk factors, such as smoking, low job satisfaction, sleeping badly, job stress, and low levels of physical exercise. They also had more health complaints. Conclusion: The person most at risk was the old-fashioned manual labourer with low education and heavy physical work. Interventions aiming to reduce sickness leave should target the interventions to the group in need of it.en_US
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfeng
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherNorsk forening for epidemiologieng
dc.subjectCross-sectional studyeng
dc.subjectEmployeeseng
dc.subjectSickness leaveeng
dc.subjectSubjective health complaintseng
dc.subjectPhysical work factorseng
dc.subjectPsychosocial work factorseng
dc.subjectHealth risk factorseng
dc.titleRoom for everyone in working life? 10% of the employees – 82% of the sickness leaveeng
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.source.journalNorsk Epidemiologi
dc.source.4012
dc.source.141
dc.source.pagenumber63-68


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