Sickness absence and sickness attendance—What people with neck or back pain think
Abstract
This study explores the decision of 33 men and women to be sick-listed from work for neck pain or low-back pain. Qualitative interviews with the subjects, who lived in a city or a sparsely populated area of Sweden, were tape-recorded, transcribed and analysed in the interpretive tradition by the three authors. New, intense and threatening pain quickly made persons report sick. For other pain, sickness absence, its timing and duration, were negotiated on the basis of the subjects' self-image, work-duty norms, organisational and extra-organisational work factors. Thirty-one people aimed to return to work, but spine-related pain was a hindrance. Five strategies to avoid, delay or shorten sickness absence were identified. Concepts of the illness flexibility model well described how the workers balanced the factors driving them from work and those forcing them or attracting them to remain. The conclusion is that reporting sick is neither undertaken lightly nor for short-term reasons only. Instead, personal history and anticipated future, spine-related pain, workplace and labour market factors are also important considerations.
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There is a possibility that many absentees had the intrinsic motivation to stay at work but failed to find or put into practice the strategies needed.
“Even so, there is a possibility that many absentees did have the intrinsic motivation to stay at work, but failed to find or put into practice the strategies needed [27,36].”
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A high adjustment latitude provides opportunities to work despite ill health.
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- Authors
- Hansson, M., Boström, C., & Harms-Ringdahl, K.
- Affiliations
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Hansson, Margareta
- ORCID
- Boström, Carina
- Venue
- Social Science & Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-05
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 2183-2195
- ISSN
- 0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2050282647
- Cited by
- 77
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2024: 8 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 9.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Forskningsrådet för Arbetsliv och Socialvetenskap
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
- Keywords
- sick leave, neck pain, low back pain, return to work, self-image, workplace factors, labor market factors, pain intensity and duration
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Back Pain, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Middle Aged, Sweden, Sick Leave, Neck Pain
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