Open AccessWork Disability Before and After Diabetes Diagnosis: A Nationwide Population-Based Register Study in Sweden
Author(s) -
Jenni Ervasti,
Marianna Virtanen,
Jaana Pentti,
Tea Lallukka,
Petter Tinghög,
Linnea Kjeldgård,
Ellenor MittendorferRutz,
Kristina Alexanderson
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302646
Subject(s) - disability pension , medicine , diabetes mellitus , population , cohort study , cohort , gerontology , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , sociology , endocrinology
We evaluated the risk of work disability (sick leave and disability pension) before and after diabetes diagnosis relative to individuals without diabetes during the same time period, as well as the trajectory of work disability around the diagnosis.