• Scand J Soc Med · Sep 1998

    Gender trends in sick-listing with musculoskeletal symptoms in a Swedish county during a period of rapid increase in sickness absence.

    • M Leijon, G Hensing, and K Alexanderson.
    • Department of Health and Environment, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping, Sweden.
    • Scand J Soc Med. 1998 Sep 1;26(3):204-13.

    UnlabelledSickness absence and disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses has increased in Sweden.Study ObjectiveTo study gender trends in sickness absence with musculoskeletal diagnoses and its changes in 1985-87.DesignA prospective population-based study of all new sick-leave spells exceeding seven days in 1985-87. Sickness absence with "all diagnoses" was compared to "all musculoskeletal diagnoses", the latter group was also divided into three sub-groups.SettingThe county of Ostergötland, Sweden.ParticipantsAll sick-leave insured aged 16-65; 107,000 women and 100,000 men.ResultsMore women than men were sick-listed in "all diagnoses" in 1985. There were corresponding gender differences in sickness absence with musculoskeletal diagnoses except with the diagnosis "low back pain". Sick-listing with musculoskeletal diagnoses increased for both women and men from 1985 to 1987, but the increase was consistently much higher for women, especially for younger women.

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