Open AccessDoes evening work predict sickness absence among female carers of the elderly?
Author(s) -
Finn Tüchsen,
Karl Bang Christensen,
Kirsten NabeNielsen,
Thomas Lund
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.1287
Subject(s) - evening , danish , medicine , confidence interval , night work , sick leave , motion sickness , demography , office workers , cohort study , shift work , physical therapy , psychiatry , philosophy , linguistics , physics , operations management , astronomy , sociology , economics
The aim of the present study was to predict the risk ratio of sickness absence lasting > or = 2 weeks due to shift work among Danish workers caring for the elderly during the evening and at night.