%0 Journal Article %T Shift work and mental health sickness absence: a 10-year observational cohort study among male production workers %A Norder, Giny %A Roelen, Corné AM %A Bültmann, Ute %A van der Klink, Jac JL %J Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health %D 2015 %8 July 41 %N 4 %@ 0355-3140 %F Norder2015 %X '

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OBJECTIVES ': 'Epidemiological studies investigating mental-health-related sickness absence (SA) among shift workers are lacking. This 10-year observational study investigated the risk of mental health SA among shift compared with day workers.

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METHODS ': 'The data of 5826 male production workers were used for analyses: 4288 (74%) shift and 1538 (26%) day workers. The risk of mental health SA was analyzed with Cox regression analysis. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were adjusted for age and occupational grade.

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RESULTS ': 'During a 10-year follow-up, 351 shift workers and 126 day workers had incident mental health SA. The risk of mental health SA did not differ (HR 1.03, 95% CI 0.84–1.26) between shift and day workers. Among shift workers, the risk of SA due to mood disorders (HR 1.87, 95% CI 0.73–4.76) was non-significantly higher than among day workers. A total of 96 shift workers and 21 day workers had recurrent mental health SA. The risk of recurrent mental health SA did not differ (HR 1.04, 95% CI 0.62–1.74) between shift and day workers.

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CONCLUSION ': 'The risk of incident and recurrent mental health SA did not differ between shift and day workers.

%K absenteeism %K cohort study %K ICD-10 %K incidence %K irregular work hour %K men %K mental disorder %K mental health %K production worker %K psychiatric disorder %K shift work %K sick leave %K sickness absence %K worker %R 10.5271/sjweh.3501 %U https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3501 %U https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3501 %P 413-416