The Health Assets Project is being carried out by the GendiQ research group at the Unit of Social Medicine. The project examines the individual, organisational and societal factors affecting the return to work of people on sick leave, and what factors contribute to people not becoming sick-listed at all. The Health Assets Project is a longitudinal cohort study, with initially two data collection periods. The first was conducted in the spring of 2008 and the second was due in the autumn of 2009. The data was collected through mailed questionnaires and registry data. In the spring of 2008, a survey was mailed out to a sample drawn from the registers held by SCB and Social Insurance, comprising both sick and healthy people registered in the county. The study population is based on three cohorts; the general population cohort, the sick-listed employer-reported cohort and the sick-listed self-reported cohort. In the first data collection in the spring of 2008, a total of 7 835 people participated, of which the population cohort comprised 4 027 people, the employer-reported cohort 3310 and the self-reported cohort 498. The proportion of women was higher then the men in all three cohorts, 55 % in the population cohort, 66 % in the employer-reported cohort and 65 % in the self-reported cohort. Purpose: The specific aims of the project are: 1) To examine the differences in self-reported health between a general population and incident sick-leave cohorts. 2) To examine the work-related factors that promote people returning to work after having been sick-listed. 3)To examine the living conditions, i.e. individual-related and psychosocial factors, that promote people returning to work after having been sick-listed. 4) To examine the factors that during the rehabilitation function as resources or barriers in the process from sick-leave to returning to work. Dataset includes the 7835 individuals responding to the first questionnaire, in 2008.
Persson S, Widmark D. Demand and control at work in a group of incident sick-listed cases and in a general working population of women and men - a survey in Västra Götaland. First cycle in Occupational therapy. The University of Gothenburg, 2010.
Holmgren K, Ekbladh E, Hensing G, Dellve L. The combination of work organizational climate and individual work commitment predicts return to work in women but not in men. J Occup Environ Med. 2013;55(2):121-7.
Hensing G, Holmgren K, Mårdby A-C. Harmful alcohol habits were no more common in a sample of newly sick-listed Swedish women and men compared to a random population sample. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2011;46(4):471-7.
Andersson J, Söderberg E. Prevalence and differences in the performance of leisure activities among people on incident sick-leave and an employed general population. First cycle in Occupational therapy. The University of Gothenburg, 2009.
Mårdby A-C, Holmgren K, Hensing G. Harmful alcohol habits did not explain the social gradient of sickness absence in Swedish women and men. Accepted for publication in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health 2013.
Löve J, Holmgren K, Torén K, Hensing G. Explaining the social gradient in sickness absence: a study of a general working population in Sweden. BMC Public Health 2013;13:545.
Jonsson R, Lidwall U, Holmgren K. Does unbalanced gender composition at the work place influence the association between psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence? Work 2013;46(1):59-66.
Ármannsdóttir B, Mårdby A-C, Haukenes I, Hensing G. Cumulative incidence of sickness absence and disease burden among the newly sick-listed, a cross-sectional population-based study. BMC Public Health 2013;13:329.
Hensing G, Bertilsson M, Ahlborg G, Waern M, Vaez M. Self-assessed mental health problems and work capacity as determinants of return to work - a prospective general population based study of individuals with all cause sickness absence. In press. BMC Public Health 2013.
Holmgren K, Mårdby A-C. The association between self-efficacy and sick-leave among men and women: a cross-sectional study of the general working population in Sweden. Accepted in Autumn 2013. Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health 2013.
Andersson A, Mårdby A-C, Holmgren K, Hensing G. Associations between leisure activities and binge drinking in adults: Findings from a Swedish newly sick-listed sample. Epub ahead of print. Work 2013.
Löve J, Moore CD, Hensing G. Validation of the Swedish translation of the General Self-Efficacy scale. Qual Life Res. 2012;21(7):1249-53.
Andersson A, Andersson C, Holmgren K, Mårdby A-C, Hensing G. Participation in leisure activities and binge drinking in adults - findings from a Swedish general population sample. Addiction Research & Theory 2012;20(2):172-82.
Jonsson R. Psychosocial Working Conditions - The Demand-Control-Support model as predictor of sickness absence among citizens in Västra Götalands county 2008. Master thesis in statistics. The University of Gothenburg, 2010.
Löve J, Andersson L, Moore CD, Hensing G. Psychometric analysis of the Swedish translation of the WHO well-being index. Epub ahead of print. Qual Life Res. 2013.
Holmgren K, Löve J, Mardby A-C, Hensing G. Remain in work - What work-related factors are associated with sustainable work attendance? A general population based study of women and men. J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Mar;56(3):235-42
Löve J, Holmgren K, Torén K, Hensing G. Can Work ability explain the distributional differences of sickness absence over socioeconomic groups? BMC Public Health 2012;12:163.
Nam Minjee. Association between Working Conditions and and Risk Drinking. A cross-sectional general population based study of Swedish empoyees. Master thesis in Public Health Science with Health Economics. The University of Gothenburg, 2012.
Petersson C, Bratt H. Differences in domestic work and paid work among incident sick-leave and working women and men in the region of Västra Götaland. First cycle in Occupational therapy. The University of Gothenburg, 2009.
Knapstad M, Øverland S, Henderson M, Holmgren K, Hensing G. Shame among long-term sickness absentees: Correlates and impact on subsequent sickness absence. Epub ahead of print. Scand J Public Health 2013.
Holmgren K, Hensing G, Dellve L. The association between poor organizational climate and high work commitments, and sickness absence in a general population of women and men. J Occup Environ Med. 2010;52(12):1179-1185.
Carlsson S, Warmenius F. Life change events among a group of sick-listed and a group of working women and men in the region of Västra Götaland. Bachelor thesis in Occupational therapy. The University of Gothenburg, 2011.
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine
Data on the general well-being or health status of an individual, group or population. May be objectively measured/observed or self-perceived. Well-being includes, for instance, physical and mental capacity or state, as well as social state.
The conditions under which employees work. For example, types of contract, working time (hours of work, rest periods, work schedules, overtime), pay and remuneration, physical aspects and mental demands of work, employee rights and responsibilities, workload, employee involvement in decision-making, leave entitlements, physical environment. Use note: For workplace safety issues, use also 'Occupational health'.
Covers issues related to families, relatives, generations and household composition. For instance, data on child rearing, division of labour within the family, support provided for family members.
Issues related to the actual provision of social welfare, who provides social welfare services in practice and to what extent, how the actual services are structured. For example, questions on how a local government has organised services for the elderly.
Active or passive participation in any kind of cultural activities, as well as opinions and perceptions of them.
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
SET OF SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS WHICH REGULATE THE BEHAVIOUR AND ENABLE THE MUTUAL COMMUNICATION OF A PLURALITY OF PEOPLE, ESTABLISHING THEM INTO A PARTICULAR AND DISTINCT COMMUNITY
TIME SPENT AWAY FROM ONE'S USUAL OCCUPATION
THE DYNAMICS OF INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION BETWEEN MEMBERS OF A FAMILY UNIT
DRINKING HABITS, PATTERNS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND BEHAVIOUR ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL INTAKE
THIS TERM IS USED FOR DATA ON GENERAL ILL HEALTH.
INHALING AND EXHALING THE SMOKE OF BURNING TOBACCO
A PERSON'S LEGAL RELATIONSHIP STATUS, SUCH AS SINGLE, MARRIED, CIVIL PARTNER, DIVORCED OR WIDOWED
MEMORABLE, UNUSUAL, OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN A PERSON'S LIFE
MANIFESTATIONS OF AN UNDERLYING PROBLEM, CONDITION OR DISEASE
Studies in which variables relating to an individual or group of individuals are assessed over a period of time.
Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.
Physical activity which is usually regular and done with the intention of improving or maintaining PHYSICAL FITNESS or HEALTH. Contrast with PHYSICAL EXERTION which is concerned largely with the physiologic and metabolic response to energy expenditure.
Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.
The state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease.
Emotional, psychological, and social well-being of an individual or group.
An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick. (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)
Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance such as COMMUNITY SUPPORT is provided by churches, groups, etc.
THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND MANAGERIAL FACTORS AFFECTING A WORKER'S JOB ENVIRONMENT
ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING A PERSON'S TIME AWAY FROM THEIR USUAL OCCUPATION
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