title: Psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence in a general population: a cohort study of 21,834 workers in Norway (The HUNT Study).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the associations between psychosocial working conditions and sickness absence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data for 21,834 employed adults from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) were linked to the sickness benefit register and sickness absence during 1 year after survey participation was analyzed with logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A one unit change on a 0 to 3 self-reported job demand scale was associated with a fully adjusted 24% and 25% increased odds of sickness absence in men and women, respectively. A one unit change on a 0 to 3 scale for self-reported support at work was associated with a fully adjusted 13% and 17% reduced odds of sickness absence in men and women, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study indicate that demands, and to some extent support, at work might influence sickness absence-also when adjusting for a detailed categorization of occupations.
authors: From the Department of Occupational Medicine (Dr Strømholm), Forensic Department and Research Centre Brøset (Dr Bjørngaard), St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital; Department of Public Health and General Practice (Drs Pape, and Bjørngaard), Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Department of Health Research (Dr Ose), SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim; Department of Public Health and General Practice (Dr Krokstad), HUNT Research Centre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Levanger Hospital (Dr Krokstad), Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF, Levanger, Norway.
authors: Tonje
authors: T
authors: Strømholm
authors: Kristine
authors: K
authors: Pape
authors: Solveig Osborg
authors: SO
authors: Ose
authors: Steinar
authors: S
authors: Krokstad
authors: Johan Håkon
authors: JH
authors: Bjørngaard
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016272:Occupational Health; D011446:Prospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D018582:Sick Leave; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology