Gender trends in sick-listing with musculoskeletal symptoms in a Swedish county during a period of rapid increase in sickness absence
Engelsk titel: Gender trends in sick-listing with musculoskeletal symptoms in a Swedish county during a period of rapid increase in sickness absence
Författare:
Leijon, Margareta
;
Hensing, Gunnel
;
Alexandersson, Kristina
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 82
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 61709
Sammanfattning
The objective was to study gender trends in sickness absence with musculosceletal diagnoses and its changes in 1985-87, in the county of Östergötland, Sweden. The result showed that more woman than men were sick-listed in 1998. Sick-listing with musculoskeletal diagnoses increased for both women and men from 1985 to 1987, but the increase was consistently much higher for women, especially for younger women.