Sökning: "sickness presence"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 21 avhandlingar innehållade orden sickness presence.

  1. 1. Sickness Absence in Sweden : Its relation to Work, Health and Social Insurance Factors

    Författare :Lars-Gunnar Engström; Staffan Janson; Tor Eriksen; Gunnel Hensing; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sickness absence; return to work; work ability; work related factors; psycho-social work environment; health related factors; social insurance system factors; vocational rehabilitation; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The high levels of sickness absence and disability pensioning experienced during the 1990's and 2000's have become both socially as well as financially burdensome for society. Sickness absence implies a costly loss of production for society and large groups of individuals are risking to become marginalised on the labour market. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Working conditions, compensatory strategies, and recovery

    Författare :Klas Gustafsson; Gunnar Aronsson; Bo Melin; Terry Hartig; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; recovery; compensatory strategies; working conditions; self-ratings; vacation; validation; sickness presenteeism; sickness absence; work organization; health; allostatic load; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to study and identify working conditions related to different types of compensatory strategies and to examine the relations between such strategies and recovery. Compensatory strategies refer to how people act in order to handle a great amount of work. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Epidemiological studies of the social context of illness and sickness

    Författare :Nelson Blank; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Reported morbidity; illness; health inequalities; self-rated health; health status; social class; ;

    Sammanfattning : The overall objective of this thesis is to contribute to the theoretical and methodological development of research aiming to explain diversity in experiences of illness and sickness. Special attention is paid to the relationships between objective life conditions, personal circumstances and perceptions of well-being. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Targets and strategies for drug development against human African sleeping sickness

    Författare :Farahnaz Ranjbarian; Anders Hofer; Staffan G. Svärd; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; T. brucei thymidine kinase; T. brucei methylthioadenosine phosphorylase; FANA-A purine nucleoside analogues; essential oils;

    Sammanfattning : Trypanosoma brucei is a causative agent of African sleeping sickness. It is an extracellular parasite which circulates in the blood, lymph and eventually invades the central nervous system. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Towards Understanding of Determinants of Physicians’ Sick-listing Practice and their Interrelations : A Population-based Epidemiological Study

    Författare :Britt Arrelöv; Kurt Svärdsudd; Lars Borgquist; Brommels Mats; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine; sick-listing; sickness absence; clinical decision-making; physician; epidemiology; Medicin; Dermatology and venerology; clinical genetics; internal medicine; Dermatologi och venerologi; klinisk genetik; invärtesmedicin; Family Medicine; allmänmedicin;

    Sammanfattning : Physicians are supposed to act as sick-listing experts and they possess a role as gate-keepers to the social insurance system. Earlier studies have demonstrated variation between physicians and physician categories regarding sick-listing practice. LÄS MER