The mediating role of recovery opportunities on future sickness absence from a gender- and age-sensitive perspective

A lack of sufficient recovery during and after work may help to explain impaired health in the long run. We aimed to increase knowledge on the mediating role of recovery opportunities (RO) during and after work on future sickness absence from a gender- and age-sensitive perspective. We used data on...

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Published in:PloS one 2017-07, Vol.12 (7), p.e0179657-e0179657
Main Authors: Boschman, J S, Noor, A, Sluiter, J K, Hagberg, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absenteeism
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age Factors
Archives & records
associations
Attenuation
Classification
Demographic aspects
Education
employees
Environmental & Occupational Health
Environmental health
Environmental Health and Occupational Health
Equality
Female
Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
follow-up
Gender equity
Health aspects
Humans
Labor force
Linear Models
Male
Maternity & paternity leaves
Mediation
Medical research
Men
Mens health
Middle Aged
Miljömedicin och yrkesmedicin
Occupational health
Occupations
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Public
Public health
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Recovery
Regression analysis
Research and Analysis Methods
Sex Factors
Sick leave
Sick Leave - statistics & numerical data
Sleep
Social Sciences
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
trajectories
Work
Work environment
Working conditions
Working women
Young Adult
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Summary:A lack of sufficient recovery during and after work may help to explain impaired health in the long run. We aimed to increase knowledge on the mediating role of recovery opportunities (RO) during and after work on future sickness absence from a gender- and age-sensitive perspective. We used data on RO from a Swedish national survey in 2011 and linked these to sickness absence (>14 days) two years later among the general working population (N = 7,649). Mediation of the relationship between gender and sickness absence by exposure to RO was studied through linear regression. We conducted separate analyses for RO during and after work and for three different age groups (16-29; 30-49; 50-64). The sample consisted of 3,563 men and 4,086 women. Sickness absence was higher among the women than among the men (11 days vs 5 days, p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0179657