Search for dissertations about: "sickness absence"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 138 swedish dissertations containing the words sickness absence.

  1. 11. Promoting return to work : lay experiences after sickness absence with musculoskeletal diagnoses

    Author : Gunnel Östlund; Gunnel Hensing; Elisabet Cedersund; Anne Hammarström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Musculoskeletal disorders; back pain; neck and shoulder pain; sickness absence; sick leave; qualitative interview; lay knowledge; patient satisfaction; rehabilitation; gender; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Introduction: Musculoskeletal disorders constitute the greatest cause of sickness absence from work. Despite research and efforts at rehabilitation, sickness absence due to these disorders has not decreased, but has instead increased, particularly in women. Clients’ perceptions of care and rehabilitation, i.e. READ MORE

  2. 12. Sickness absence and psychiatric disorder : epidemiological findings and methodological considerations

    Author : Gunnel Hensing; Gunnar Tellnes; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Psychiatric disorder is an important health problem among people of working age, with consequences for work capacity and sickness absence. Increased knowledge of sickness absence and psychiatric disorder is important for early detection of psychiatric disorders and appropriate rehabilitation measures. READ MORE

  3. 13. A female lay perspective on health, disease, and sickness absence

    Author : Marlene Ockander; Wendy Stainton Rogers; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : sickness absence; sick leave; women; lay explanation models; phenomenology; interview; Q-methodology; account; health; vital goal; life plan; sense of coherence; prevention; rehabilitation; diagnosis; medical records; patients; medical decision making; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Background: Knowledge about a female perspective on health and disease is important to understand what happens in e.g. the medical meeting. A deeper understanding for the phenomenon of health also has social and economic importance. READ MORE

  4. 14. The illness flexibility model and sickness absence

    Author : Gun Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : sickness absence; sickness attendance; RTW; work organisation; flexibility;

    Abstract : Research on sickness absence has repeatedly been described as theoretically undeveloped. In this thesis the model of illness flexibility is introduced. In this model, sickness absence is assumed to be caused by people’s ability and motivation to work. Ability and motivation will in turn be affected by conditions met in and outside work. READ MORE

  5. 15. Domestic Workload and Multiple Roles. Epidemiological findings on health and sickness absence in women

    Author : Carin Staland Nyman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Domestic work; domestic workload; multiple roles; sickness absence; psychiatric disorders; self-rated health; women;

    Abstract : Aim: The objective of this thesis was to analyse the importance of specific exposures in women?s lives to health and sickness absence; more precisely to study the association between domestic work, multiple roles and the experience of being sick-listed, and self-rated health, psychiatric disorders and sickness absence. Method: The thesis was based on two datasets. READ MORE