Occupational and environmental medicine

The most recent articles from: Occup Environ Med April 2019

Occup Environ Med · Apr 2019

Changes in common mental disorders and diagnosis-specific sickness absence: a register-linkage follow-up study among Finnish municipal employees.

This study examined the associations between changes in common mental disorders (CMD) and subsequent diagnosis-specific sickness absence (SA) among midlife and ageing municipal employees. ⋯ Changing and repeated CMD increased the risk of SA due to mental, musculoskeletal and other diagnoses. CMD should be tackled to prevent SA and promote work-ability among ageing employees.

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