Work and family: associations with long-term sick-listing in Swedish women – a case-control study

摘要

BackgroundThe number of Swedish women who are long-term sick-listed is high, and twice as high as for men. Also the periods of sickness absence have on average been longer for women than for men. The objective of this study was to investigate the associations between factors in work- and family life and long-term sick-listing in Swedish women.