Impact of work-related Factors, Lifestyle, and Work Ability on Sickness Absence among Dutch Construction Workers

Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the relative contribution of individual characteristics, lifestyle factors, work-related risk factors, and work ability on the occurrence of short (<2 weeks), moderate (2-12 weeks), and long (>12 weeks) durations of sickness absence. Method...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment ＆ Health Jg. 35; H. 5; S. 325 - 333
Hauptverfasser: Alavinia, Seyed M, van den Berg, Tilja IJ, van Duivenbooden, Cor, Elders, Leo AM, Burdorf, Alex
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Helsinki Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment ＆ Health 01.10.2009
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
National Institute of Occupational Health
National Research Centre for the Working Environment
Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Schlagworte:
Ability
Absenteeism
Adolescent
Adult
Aging
Alcohol
Biological and medical sciences
Body mass index
Construction industry
Construction workers
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Exercise
Facility Design and Construction - statistics & numerical data
Health Behavior
Health services
Health Status
Humans
Illnesses
Job characteristics
Job control
Life Style
Lifestyle
Lifestyles
Lungs
Male
Manual labor
Materials handling
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Netherlands - epidemiology
Obesity
Occupational health
Occupational Health - statistics & numerical data
Occupational medicine
Physical examinations
Predisposing factors
Prevention programs
Psychosocial factors
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Registration
Risk Factors
Sick leave
Smoking
Time Factors
Variables
Work
Work Capacity Evaluation
Workers
Young Adult
Netherlands
Europe
individual characteristic
work ability index
WAI
work factor
sick leave
Human
Disease
Health
Absenteeism
Sickness absence
Building industry
Construction industry
Interindividual comparison
Worker
Vocational aptitude
Working condition
Dutch
Life style
ISSN:0355-3140, 1795-990X
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Zusammenfassung:Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the relative contribution of individual characteristics, lifestyle factors, work-related risk factors, and work ability on the occurrence of short (<2 weeks), moderate (2-12 weeks), and long (>12 weeks) durations of sickness absence. Methods Altogether, 5867 Dutch construction workers with complete sick leave registration were followed from the day of their medical examination in 2005 until the end of 2006. The main outcome of the study was the duration of sickness absence, as registered by an occupational health service. Independent variables consisted of individual characteristics, lifestyle factors, work-related factors, and the work ability index. We used Poisson regression analyses with repeated occurrence of sick leave to calculate rate ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals of independent variables for the three categories of sick leave duration. Results Predictors for sick leave lasting 2-12 weeks and >12 weeks were: older age, obesity, smoking, manual materials handling, lack of job control, lung restriction, and a less-than-excellent work ability. For most predictors, higher RR values were observed with a longer duration of sickness absence. Obesity, smoking, manual materials handling, and lack of job control remained important risk factors for moderate and long durations of sick leave after adjusting for the strong effects of work ability on sickness absence. The highest populationattributable fractions were observed for: age over 50 years (18%), manual materials handling (20%), and good (18%), moderate (28%), and poor (2%) work ability. Conclusion This study suggests that a variety of preventive measures targeted at smoking, obesity, physical load, psychosocial work factors as well as work ability will contribute to a reduction in the occurrence of sick leave.
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ISSN:0355-3140
1795-990X
DOI:10.5271/sjweh.1340