Purpose Medicines are often prescribed to workers with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)
and injuries to relieve pain and facilitate their recovery and return to work. However, there is …

World Health Statistics 2010 contains WHO's annual compilation of data from its 193
member states, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related millennium …

Paid sick leave is an important employer-provided benefit that helps people obtain health
care for themselves and their dependents. But paid sick leave is not universally available to …

Objective To determine the prospective association between physical workload—in terms of
specific physical exposures and the number of exposures—and long-term sickness absence …

Aim Earlier research has revealed a strong relationship between alcohol use and sickness
absence. The aim of this review was to explore and uncover this relationship by looking at …

Purpose Older employees are often thought to be vulnerable to negative effects of
information and communication technology (ICT). Our study aims to examine associations …

Work-related stress is expensive. Tackling stress and psychosocial risks can be viewed as
too costly, but the reality is that it costs more to ignore them. Stress affects performance and …

Objective To describe the prevalence of, reasons given for, and factors associated with sick
leave during pregnancy. Design Longitudinal, population‐based descriptive study. Setting …

Purpose Previous research has systematically studied the effectiveness of Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-based interventions in managing both mental and physical …

Background and objective A comparison of sick leave in pregnancy between countries is
difficult as most studies have been conducted in single countries in Scandinavia. The …