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The mediating role of recovery opportunities on future sickness absence from a gender- and age-sensitive perspective

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  • J S Boschman
  • A Noor
  • J K Sluiter
  • M Hagberg

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A lack of sufficient recovery during and after work may help to explain impaired health in the long run. We aimed to increase knowledge on the mediating role of recovery opportunities (RO) during and after work on future sickness absence from a gender- and age-sensitive perspective. We used data on RO from a Swedish national survey in 2011 and linked these to sickness absence (>14 days) two years later among the general working population (N = 7,649). Mediation of the relationship between gender and sickness absence by exposure to RO was studied through linear regression. We conducted separate analyses for RO during and after work and for three different age groups (16–29; 30–49; 50–64). The sample consisted of 3,563 men and 4,086 women. Sickness absence was higher among the women than among the men (11 days vs 5 days, p

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  • J S Boschman & A Noor & J K Sluiter & M Hagberg, 2017. "The mediating role of recovery opportunities on future sickness absence from a gender- and age-sensitive perspective," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(7), pages 1-11, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0179657
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179657
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