title: [Sickness absence may impair self-efficacy].
abstract: Self-efficacy (SE) questionnaire data from the DWECS study in 2000 and 2005, age, sex, and transfer of sickness absence compensation data from the DREAM register. Men: sickness absence for more than 12 weeks and one and three absence spells are associated with decline in SE; women: decline in SE is associated with sickness absence for more than 52 weeks and two sickness absence spells. For both sexes SE declines at age 40-50 years. SE declines with length of sickness and sickness absence spells.
authors.affiliation: Arbejdsmedicinsk Afdeling, Sydvestjysk Sygehus, Denmark. birgitte.gjedde.sommer@slb.regionsyddanmark.dk
authors.forename: Birgitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: Gert Frank
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: Merete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Labriola
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D012042:Registries; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012737:Sex Factors; D018582:Sick Leave; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires