@Article{Tchsen2008, author = "Tüchsen, Finn and Christensen, Karl B. and Nabe-Nielsen, Kirsten and Lund, Thomas", title = "Does evening work predict sickness absence among female carers of the elderly?", journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health", year = "2008", month = "Dec", day = "34", number = "6", pages = "483--486", keywords = "absenteeism; care for the elderly; carer of the elderly; elderly; evening work; female; night work; prediction; short communication; sickness absence; woman", abstract = "'
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OBJECTIVES ': 'The aim of the present study was to predict the risk ratio of sickness absence lasting ≥2 weeks due to shift work among Danish workers caring for the elderly during the evening and at night. Methods A sample of Danish carers of the elderly were interviewed in 2005. The response rate was 78%. A cohort of 5627 shift and day workers was followed for sickness absence lasting ≥2 weeks and for sickness absence lasting ≥8 weeks in a sickness compensation register covering all social transfer payments in Denmark. Results Among the evening workers, the rate ratio (RR) of sickness absence lasting ≥2 weeks was 1.29 (95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.10–1.52). The rate ratio for sickness absence lasting ≥8 weeks was 1.24 (95% CI 0.99–1.56). Conclusions Evening work may cause long-term sickness absence lasting ≥2 weeks.
", issn = "0355-3140", doi = "10.5271/sjweh.1287", url = "https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=1287", url = "https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.1287" }