Non-participation in initial and repeated health risk appraisals - a drop-out analysis based on a health project.

Background: Health risk assessment (HRAs) are commonly used by occupational health services (OHS) to aid workplaces in keeping their employees healthy, but for unknown reasons, many employees choose not to participate in the HRAs. The aim of the study was to explore whether demographic, lifestyle and health-related factors in employees are associated with non-participation in initial and repeated HRAs.

Methods: In an OHS-based health project, 2022 municipal employees were asked to participate in three repeated HRAs.

Health risk appraisals in Swedish occupational health services.

Background: Health risk appraisals (HRAs) in occupational health services (OHS) in Sweden are very commonly used for health promotion issues, but not much research has explored the extent and nature of individual feedback that is provided.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe and explore HRAs in OHS regarding the content of the feedback in relation to the individual status and overall employee satisfaction.

Methods: Feedback (evaluation and advice) and employee satisfaction with HRA were studied in employees that participated in health risk appraisals with a specific feedback session (HRA-F) (n = 272) and employees that participated in a single session (HRA-S) (n = 104).

The influence of social capital on employers' use of occupational health services: a qualitative study.

Background: Occupational health services may have a strategic role in the prevention of sickness absence, as well as in rehabilitation and return to work after sick leave, because of their medical expertise in combination with a close connection to workplaces. The purpose of this study was to explore how employers and occupational health service providers describe their business relations and the use of occupational health services in rehabilitation in relation to the organization of such services. The study uses a theoretical framework based on social capital to analyse the findings.

Risk factors, incidence and persistence of symptoms from the eyes among professional computer users.

Background: Symptoms from the eyes are common among computer users. Knowledge is scarce about these problems, however.

Objectives: The aim was to study risk-factors, incidence and persistence of eye-symptoms among professionally active computer users.