@article{ref1,
title="Job strain, life events, and sickness absence: a longitudinal cohort study in a random population sample",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2007",
author="Suominen, Sakari and Vahtera, Jussi and Korkeila, Katariina and Helenius, Hans and Kivimäki, M. and Koskenvuo, Karoliina",
volume="49",
number="9",
pages="990-996",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine job strain, adverse life events, and their co-occurrence as predictors of sickness absence. METHODS: Random sample-based mail survey data on 1806 Finns in gainful employment were linked to sickness absence records (1987-1998) from national health registers. Generalized linear models with negative binomial distribution assumption were applied. RESULTS: After adjustment for demographic characteristics and health behavior, job strain (rate ratio [RR] 1.73; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.21-2.48), but not life events, independently predicted increased rate of sickness absence among men. The opposite was true for women, (RR for life events 1.39; 95% CI = 1.10-1.75). No statistically significant interaction between job strain and life events was detected. CONCLUSION: In addition to job strain, strain originating in private life should be kept in mind when the need for sickness absence of women employees is evaluated within health care.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181343e2b",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181343e2b"
}