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Psychosocial factors at work and sickness absence: Results from the French National SUMER Survey
Author(s) -
Lesuffleur Thomas,
Chastang JeanFrançois,
Sandret Nicolas,
Niedhammer Isabelle
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.22317
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , social support , poison control , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , gerontology , risk factor , environmental health , psychiatry , psychology , social psychology , pathology
Objective This study aims at exploring the associations between psychosocial work factors and sickness absence. Methods The sample from the French National Survey SUMER 2010 included 46,962 employees. Sickness absence spells and days within the last year were studied as two outcomes. Psychosocial work factors included psychological demands, decision latitude, social support, reward, working time, and workplace violence variables. Covariates were age, occupation, economic activity, and other occupational exposures. Results For both genders, low latitude, low reward, shift work, bullying, and verbal abuse were risk factors of absence spells while long working hours were a protective factor. High demands, low support, and physical violence were risk factors for women. Low support and bullying for both genders, high demands for women, and low reward, long working hours, and physical violence for men increased absence duration. Conclusions This study highlights the importance of psychosocial work factors as risk factors of sickness absence. Am. J. Ind. Med. 57:695–708, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.