Authors
Evangelia Demou, Shanley Smith, Abita Bhaskar, Daniel F Mackay, Judith Brown, Kate Hunt, Sergio Vargas-Prada, Ewan B Macdonald
Publication date
2018/1/1
Journal
BMJ open
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
e018085
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Description
Objectives
Sickness absence (SA) among healthcare workers is associated with occupational and non-occupational risk factors and impacts employee health, healthcare delivery and patient health. At the same time, healthcare is one of the employment sectors with the highest rates of work-related ill health in the UK. Musculoskeletal (MSK) and mental health (MH) issues are leading causes of SA, but there is a lack of research on how certain MSK/MH conditions impact on SA duration. The study aim is to determine differences in SA duration by MH and MSK disorders in healthcare employees.
Methods
Survival analyses were used to estimate SA duration due to MSK and MH problems over 6 years, and Cox’s proportional hazards models to determine the HRs of returning to work, using a bespoke Scottish health board database with over 53 000 SA events. SA duration and time to return-to-work (RTW) were …
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