Sickness absence and workplace levels of satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions at public service workplaces
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Sickness absence and workplace levels of satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions at public service workplaces. / Munch-Hansen, Torsten; Wieclaw, Joanna; Agerbo, Esben; Westergaard-Nielsen, Niels; Rosenkilde, Mikael; Bonde, Jens Peter.
In: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 52, No. 2, 2009, p. 153-61.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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T1 - Sickness absence and workplace levels of satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions at public service workplaces
AU - Munch-Hansen, Torsten
AU - Wieclaw, Joanna
AU - Agerbo, Esben
AU - Westergaard-Nielsen, Niels
AU - Rosenkilde, Mikael
AU - Bonde, Jens Peter
N1 - Keywords: Absenteeism; Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Confidence Intervals; Female; Humans; Job Satisfaction; Male; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Occupational Health; Psychometrics; Public Sector; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; Workplace
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to examine the impact of psychosocial work conditions on sickness absence while addressing methodological weaknesses in earlier studies. METHODS: The participants were 13,437 employees from 698 public service workplace units in Aarhus County, Denmark. Satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions was rated on a scale from 0 (low) to 10 (high). Individual ratings were aggregated to workplace scores. Analysis of variance was used to compare the average number of days of yearly sickness absence in three groups with different levels of satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions. RESULTS: Sickness absence was 30.8% lower in the most satisfied group (11.7 days/year (CI 95%: 10.2; 13.1)) than in the least satisfied group (16.9 days/year (CI 95%: 15.3; 18.6)) adjusted for the covariates included. CONCLUSIONS: Satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions has a strong and independent impact on sickness absence. Am. J. Ind. Med. 52:153-161, 2009. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
AB - BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to examine the impact of psychosocial work conditions on sickness absence while addressing methodological weaknesses in earlier studies. METHODS: The participants were 13,437 employees from 698 public service workplace units in Aarhus County, Denmark. Satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions was rated on a scale from 0 (low) to 10 (high). Individual ratings were aggregated to workplace scores. Analysis of variance was used to compare the average number of days of yearly sickness absence in three groups with different levels of satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions. RESULTS: Sickness absence was 30.8% lower in the most satisfied group (11.7 days/year (CI 95%: 10.2; 13.1)) than in the least satisfied group (16.9 days/year (CI 95%: 15.3; 18.6)) adjusted for the covariates included. CONCLUSIONS: Satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions has a strong and independent impact on sickness absence. Am. J. Ind. Med. 52:153-161, 2009. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
U2 - 10.1002/ajim.20657
DO - 10.1002/ajim.20657
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19016235
VL - 52
SP - 153
EP - 161
JO - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
JF - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
SN - 0271-3586
IS - 2
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