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The connection between age, job control and sickness absences among Finnish food workers
H Arola1, M Pitkänen, C-H Nygård
1Tampere Occupational Health Center, FIN-33211 Tampere, Finland. hekki.arola@ttry.net
Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England)
|May 2, 2003
Abstract
Methods:
The relationship between sickness absence and job control among industrial food workers of different ages (n = 114) was studied.
Results:
The number of absence spells, particularly short absence spells, was higher among younger workers, as expected. Using multivariate analysis, low job control was associated with an increased number of all absence spells (P < 0.02).
Conclusions:
Job control may be an important factor in determining sickness absence among industrial workers.