title: [Unemployment among long-term sick-listed persons. From the project Evaluation of Follow-up of Long-term Sick-listed Persons].
abstract: The aim of the study was to compare two subgroups of patients with long-term sickness certificate, i.e. a group who were unemployed after eight weeks of incapacity for work and a group who still had a paid job at the end of the eight weeks. 712 patients who received a medical certificate II after eight weeks of incapacity for work in 1988 were followed up for another 12-15 months by means of information collected as a routine at the local National Insurance Offices in five municipalities in Norway. Of our total sample of patients, the sub-group of unemployed persons differed in a number of ways from the group who still had a job. Among the unemployed the duration of sickness certificate was longer and there were higher frequencies of mental disorders and diseases of the nervous system/sense organs. Admission to hospital was less frequent, however, among the unemployed group than among the group who still had a job. The rate of return-to-work observed after one year of sickness certificate was lower among the unemployed.
authors.affiliation: Instituttgruppe for samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tellnes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Arbeidsledighet blant langtidssykmeldte. Fra prosjeket Evaluering av oppfølging av langtidssykmeldte.