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Front Public Health
January 2025
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, Izola, Slovenia.
Purpose: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are one of the main causes of health-related absenteeism. MSDs were a known problem among healthcare workers (HCWs) even before COVID-19. The pandemic, with its associated stresses and changes in working conditions, may have influenced the incidence and duration of MSDs-related sick leave (SL) among HCWs.
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January 2025
Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Objectives: This paper investigated sickness presence (SP) among students in academic upper secondary schools (USS). The research question asked was: To what extent do the prevalence of SP and reasons for SP vary between school classes in USS in Norway?
Design: A cross-sectional survey was done in the final year of USS. Multilevel modelling was used to estimate school class-level effects.
Int Nurs Rev
March 2025
College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea.
Aim: This study aimed to estimate the annual cost burden of productivity loss due to sickness presenteeism among hospital nurses in South Korea.
Background: Despite nurses being potentially more vulnerable to presenteeism, few studies have analyzed nurses' productivity losses due to sickness presenteeism.
Methods: This cross-sectional study employed an online survey in January 2023 with 607 nurses working in general/tertiary hospitals in South Korea.
J Intellect Dev Disabil
September 2024
Occupational Therapy Program, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Background: Productivity-based wage systems are intended to enhance the labour market participation of people with disabilities. Limited scholarship exists regarding the impact of such policies in practice. This qualitative study explored stakeholder perspectives on the Australian Supported Wage System (SWS), including perceptions of fairness and equity.
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December 2024
Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Objectives: This study aimed to identify distinct trajectories of long-term sickness absence (LTSA, >10 consecutive working days) among young and early midlife Finnish employees who experienced pain at baseline. It also aimed to determine the pain characteristics and occupational and lifestyle factors associated with these LTSA patterns.
Design: Longitudinal occupational cohort study with register linkage.
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