Internalizing and externalizing problems in childhood and adolescence as predictors of work incapacity in young adulthood

J Narusyte, A Ropponen, K Alexanderson… - Social psychiatry and …, 2017 - Springer
Background There is limited information regarding the association between youth mental
health problems and work incapacity in adulthood. We investigated whether internalizing …

Sustainable Working Life in a Swedish Twin Cohort—A Definition Paper with Sample Overview

A Ropponen, M Wang, J Narusyte… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: A unified or consensus definition of “sustainable working life” remains lacking,
although studies investigating risk factors for labour market exit are numerous. In this study …

Health, work and demographic factors associated with a lower risk of work disability and unemployment in employees with lower back, neck and shoulder pain

L Mather, A Ropponen, E Mittendorfer-Rutz… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2019 - Springer
Background Chronic musculoskeletal pain affects over 20% of the adult population and is
one of the most common reasons for sick leave in Sweden. The aim of this study was to …

High job demands, job strain, and iso-strain are risk factors for sick leave due to mental disorders: a prospective Swedish twin study with a 5-year follow-up

L Mather, G Bergström, V Blom… - Journal of occupational …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To investigate whether psychosocial work environment and health behaviors are
risk factors for sick leave due to mental disorders, and whether familial confounding …

Heritability studies: methodological flaws, invalidated dogmas, and changing paradigms

CH Burt - Genetics, health and society, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose Heritability studies attempt to estimate the contribution of genes (vs. environments)
to variation in phenotypes (or outcomes of interest) in a given population at a given time …

Work-home interference, perceived total workload, and the risk of future sickness absence due to stress-related mental diagnoses among women and men: a …

P Svedberg, L Mather, G Bergström, P Lindfors… - International journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Work-home interference has been proposed as an important explanation for
sickness absence (SA). Previous studies show mixed results, have not accounted for familial …

Genetic and environmental contributions to long-term sick leave and disability pension: a population-based study of young adult Norwegian twins

LC Gjerde, GP Knudsen, N Czajkowski… - Twin Research and …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Although exclusion from the workforce due to long-term sick leave (LTSL) and disability
pension (DP) is a major problem in many Western countries, the etiology of LTSL and DP is …

Adverse outcomes of chronic widespread pain and common mental disorders in individuals with sickness absence–a prospective study of Swedish twins

M Wang, A Ropponen, J Narusyte, B Helgadóttir… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Chronic widespread pain (CWP) and common mental disorders (CMDs) are
common public health problems, but little is known about the role of CWP and CMDs on …

Sickness absence transitions among Swedish twins with back, neck or shoulder pain and common mental disorders applying a multi-state approach

S Kärkkäinen, J Bergström, A Ropponen, M Wang… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We aimed to investigate transitions to and from sickness absence, or disability pension
among individuals with back, neck, or shoulder pain and/or with common mental disorders …

Sickness absence among young employees in private and public sectors with a history of depression and anxiety

J Narusyte, A Ropponen, M Wang, P Svedberg - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The aim was to investigate occurrence and duration of sickness absence (SA) among young
employees with previous depression/anxiety in private and public sectors. This population …