tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Self-reported sickness absence as a risk marker of future disability pension. Prospective findings from the DWECS/DREAM study 1990-2004"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Self-reported sickness absence as a risk marker of future disability pension. Prospective findings from the DWECS/DREAM study 1990-2004. | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2007 4 153 Research Paper International Journal of Medical Sciences ISSN 1449-1907 2007 4 3 153-158 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Self-reported sickness absence as a risk marker of future disability pension. Prospective findings from the DWECS DREAM study 1990-2004 Merete Labriola Thomas Lund National Research Centre for the Working Environment Lerso Parkallé 105 DK-2100 Copenhagen Denmark Correspondence to Merete Labriola Tel 45 3916 5200 fax 45 3916 5201. E-Mail mla@ Received Accepted Published Objectives This prospective cohort study examines number of self-reported days of sickness absence as a risk marker for future disability pension among a representative sample of employees in Denmark 1990-2004. Material and methods 4177 employees between 18 and 45 years were interviewed using a self-administered questionnaire in 1990 regarding sickness absence age gender socioeconomic position health behaviour and physical and psychosocial work environment. They were followed for 168 months in a national disability pension register. Logistic regression analysis was performed in order to assess risk estimates for levels of absence and future disability pension. Results During follow-up a total of 140 persons received disability pension. Of these 82 were women 58 were men. There was a fold risk of future disability pension for the part of the population reporting more than 6 days of sickness absence per annum at baseline when taking into account gender age socioeconomic position health behaviour physical and psychosocial work environment. Conclusion The findings suggest that information on self-reported days of sickness absence can be used to effectively identify at risk groups for disability pension. Key words Sickness absence self-reported disability pension prospective Denmark 1. Introduction Costs of disability pensions are steadily growing in many .