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Self-reported mould and long-term sickness absences from work.
- Source :
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health; Dec2021, Vol. 49 Issue 8, p914-920, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Aims : The impact of indoor mould on employees' long-term absence from sickness (more than 10 days of absence) is poorly understood. This paper examines whether self-reported mould was related to long-term absences from work between 1 and 3 years later. Methods : By using negative binomial modelling, we analysed a representative sample of the working-age population in Finland (N = 16,084) from the Finnish Quality of Work Life Surveys in 1997, 2003, 2008 and 2013 combined with the register-based follow-up data of participants' long-term sickness absences covering a period of 1 to 3 years after the Finnish Quality of Work Life Surveys was collected. Results : After all necessary background, work- and health-related factors were included in the model, employees who reported mould in their work had 1.20 higher rates of long-term sickness absence than those who did not report mould (mould: estimated marginal mean = 13.45 days; no mould: estimated marginal mean = 11.23). If employees perceived that mould caused strain, they had 1.30 higher rates of long-term absence than those who did not report such strain (mould caused strain: estimated marginal mean = 14.64 days; mould did not cause strain: estimated marginal mean = 11.25). In total, 10% (N =1628) of employees reported mould in their workplace and 6% (N =987) reported that mould caused strain. Conclusions : Supervisors, occupational physicians and other authorities need to take employees' complaints of mould in the workplace seriously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14034948
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153431267
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494820919561