"Inclusive working life in Norway": a registry-based five-year follow-up study.

Background: In 2001, the Norwegian authorities and major labour market partners signed an agreement regarding 'inclusive working life' (IW), whereby companies that participate are committed to reducing sickness absence. Our main aim was to determine the effect of the IW program and work characteristics by gender on long-term (>8 weeks) sickness absence (LSA).

Methods: Self-reported data on work characteristics from the Oslo Health Study were linked to registry-based data on IW status, education and LSA.

The impact of workplace risk factors on long-term musculoskeletal sickness absence: a registry-based 5-year follow-up from the Oslo health study.

Objective: To determine the influence of work-related risk factors by gender on long-term sickness absence with musculoskeletal diagnoses (LSM).

Methods: Data from the Oslo Health Study were linked to the historical event database of Statistics Norway. Eight thousand three hundred thirty-three participants were followed from 2001 through 2005.

Risk factors for long-term absence due to psychiatric sickness: a register-based 5-year follow-up from the Oslo health study.

Objective: To identify individual and work-related predictors of long-term (>8 weeks) sickness absence with psychiatric diagnoses (LSP).

Methods: Data from the Oslo Health Study (response rate 46%) were linked to public registers. A total of 8333 subjects were followed from 2001 through 2005.