Receiving Return-To-Work Coordination at Swedish Primary Healthcare Clinics: A Register-Based Study Among People on Sickness Absence.

Purpose: This study investigates factors associated with receiving return-to-work (RTW) coordination within primary healthcare and the association between received RTW coordination and the amount of sickness absence (SA) days.

Methods: This register study included 13019 people who had SA at some time between March 2019 and February 2020 and visited a primary healthcare clinic that employed a RTW coordinator. Logistic regressions were used to investigate received RTW coordination.

Sickness absence > 14 days following sport-related traumatic brain injuries: a nationwide register-based study in Sweden.

Background: Sport-related traumatic brain injuries (SR-TBI) have received increasing concerns regarding potential long-term consequences. For adults in the general population, one of these consequences is inability to resume daily activities, most notably sickness absence (SA) from work. The aim of this study was to investigate how often SR-TBI is followed by a registered period of SA.

Exploring the link between perceived job insecurity and sickness absence for common mental disorders.

Perceived job insecurity is associated with poor mental health, but whether it affects sickness absence is not well understood. The present study examines the association between perceived job insecurity and sickness absence due to common mental disorders and whether changes in perceived job insecurity affects the risk of sickness absence due to common mental disorders. Data are from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health and include those who participated at least once between 2010 and 2020 (n = 24 049).

Prognostic factors for return to work in breast cancer survivors.

Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women around the world. Large numbers of people diagnosed with breast cancer are working at the time of diagnosis. Accumulating evidence suggests that breast cancer survivors participate less often in paid work compared to others.

Sickness absence > 14 days following mild traumatic brain injuries from traffic accidents: a Swedish nationwide register study.

Background: Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), including concussions, following traffic accidents is common. How often these injuries lead to sickness absence (SA) among working aged individuals is however insufficiently studied. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine frequency of new SA following mTBI sustained in a road traffic environment and its associations with sociodemographic and injury-related factors.

Workplace and social support, treatment satisfaction, and their impact on quality of life in Swedish women with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional survey study.

Objective: To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL), in relation to support from work, social, as well as treatment satisfaction, in women with multiple sclerosis (MS). Further, to predict the satisfaction on these support dimensions based on sociodemographic and clinical variables.

Design: Cross-sectional survey: a web-based questionnaire conducted in 2021 of people with MS (PwMS) linked to Nationwide Swedish registers.

Factors associated with self-reported work ability among people with multiple sclerosis in Sweden.

Background: Work ability index (WAI) is an instrument that measures work ability in workplace surveys and health examinations in occupational health and research. It has been used in different population groups. But research is limited among people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS).

Sick leave in the prodromal phase of multiple sclerosis and its association with diagnostic delay: A short report.

The prodromal features of multiple sclerosis (MS) are non-specific and are prevalent in the general population. Several studies indicate an increased use of healthcare resources by individuals with MS in the years preceding their diagnosis, suggesting a trend of deteriorating health prior to the clinical manifestation of MS. This study aimed to capture the possible associations of sick leave with the timing of the diagnosis of MS.

Sickness absence and disability pension trajectories among individuals on sickness absence due to stress-related disorders. Two prospective population-based cohorts with 13-month follow-up.

Background: Stress-related disorders are common diagnoses for sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP) in many Western countries. Knowledge on future SA/DP trajectories among those starting such a SA spell is limited. The aims were to identify future SA/DP days trajectories among individuals starting an SA spell due to stress-related disorder and investigate socio-demographic and morbidity characteristics associated with specific trajectories.

Sex-specific socioeconomic risk factors for spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage-a case-control study during the 5 years before ictus.

Background: There is a difference in the incidence of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) between sexes, with the majority of cases occurring in female patients. Although this phenomenon has been studied from a medical perspective, the reasons for the predominance of female cases are still unclear. Non-medical factors, such as a patient's socioeconomic situation, can differ between female and male patients, with health implications.

Coronavirus disease 2019 infection among working-aged people with multiple sclerosis and the impact of disease-modifying therapies.

Background: The risk of coronavirus disease 2019 among people with multiple sclerosis with different disease-modifying therapies is not well established.

Objective: To investigate the occurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 and the remaining symptoms among people with multiple sclerosis and the associations with different disease-modifying therapies.

Methods: Individuals aged 20-50 listed in the Swedish Multiple Sclerosis Registry were invited to participate in a survey in 2021.

Sickness absence and disability pension after road traffic accidents, a nationwide register-based study comparing different road user groups with matched references.

Background: Being injured in a road traffic accident may affect individuals' functional ability and in turn lead to sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP). Knowledge regarding long-term consequences in terms of SA and DP following a road traffic accident is lacking, especially comparing different groups of road users and compared to the general population. The aim was to estimate excess diagnosis-specific SA and DP among individuals of different road user groups injured in a road traffic accident compared to matched references without such injury.

Disclosing or concealing multiple sclerosis in the workplace: two sides of the same coin-insights from a Swedish population-based survey.

Background: People with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) face health and social challenges of living with a chronic and potentially disabling condition. To disclose or conceal MS at work may critically affect individuals' work situation, career opportunities, and health. PwMS may experience a dilemma when assessing if the possible benefits of disclosing the diagnosis outweigh the possible risks.

Cost-utility of a multicomponent intervention for fibromyalgia versus usual care: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To perform an economic evaluation on a multicomponent intervention programme for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome compared with usual clinical practice in primary care.

Design: A cost-utility analysis was conducted alongside a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov: https://clinicaltrials.

Work Adjustments by Types of Occupations Amongst People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Survey Study.

Purpose: To explore the occurrence of work adjustments for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) across types of occupations (managerial, office, and manual workers).

Methods: All working-aged (20-50 years) residents in Sweden diagnosed with MS were invited to participate in a web-based survey in 2021. Responses were linked to individual-level nationwide registers.

Physicians' experience of and collaboration with return-to-work coordinators in healthcare: a cross-sectional study in Sweden.

Purpose: Return-to-work coordinators (RTWCs) give people on sick leave individualized support and coordinate between different stakeholders, including physicians. The aim of this study was to explore physicians' experience of RTWCs and investigate factors that influence how much physicians collaborate with RTWCs, or refer patients to them, in primary, orthopaedic, and psychiatric care clinics.

Materials And Methods: Of the 1229 physicians responding to a questionnaire, 629 physicians who had access to a RTWC in their clinic answered to questions about collaborating with RTWCs.

Fall and collision related injuries among pedestrians, sickness absence and associations with accident type and occupation.

Objectives: This study explores pedestrian fall accidents and collisions with other road users in the Swedish road transport system, and sickness absence (SA) in relation to accident type, injury, and occupation. Further, it studies the associations between accident type, occupation, and duration of SA.

Methods: Data from several national registers were used that included 15,359 working age pedestrians (20-64 years) receiving healthcare after a fall or collision throughout 2014-2016.

Coordinators in the return-to-work process: Mapping their work models.

Purpose: In recent decades, many countries have implemented return-to-work coordinators to combat high rates of sickness absence and insufficient collaboration in the return-to-work process. The coordinators should improve communication and collaboration between stakeholders in the return-to-work process for people on sickness absence. How they perform their daily work remains unexplored, and we know little about to what extent they collaborate and perform other work tasks to support people on sickness absence.

Gender differences in earnings among people with multiple sclerosis and associations with type of occupation and family composition: A population-based study with matched references.

Gender differences in earnings exist worldwide. Gender segregation or familial status have been previously stated as possible explanations for these differences as well as health differences between women and men. Women are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) as twice much as men.

Formal help for persons with multiple sclerosis-Background factors associated with usage of personal assistance and home help in Sweden.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease that may cause several different symptoms, some which may entail the need for help in daily life. The aim of this study was to explore the association between sociodemographic background factors and the use of personal assistance and home help services (home help) among persons with MS in Sweden. The study was based on cross-sectional survey data merged with register data and included 3,863 persons with MS aged 20-51.

Disease-modifying therapies and cost-of-illness progression among people newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis: a national register-based cohort study covering treatment initiation with interferons, glatiramer acetate or natalizumab.

Objectives: Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) can slow disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS). The objective of this study was to explore the cost-of-illness (COI) progression among newly diagnosed people with MS in relation to the first DMT received.

Design And Setting: A cohort study using data from nationwide registers in Sweden.

Diagnosis-specific sickness absence among injured working-aged pedestrians: a sequence analysis.

Background: The knowledge about the long-term consequences in terms of sickness absence (SA) among pedestrians injured in a traffic-related accident, including falls, is scarce. Therefore, the aim was to explore diagnosis-specific patterns of SA during a four-year period and their association with different sociodemographic and occupational factors among all individuals of working ages who were injured as a pedestrian.

Methods: A nationwide register-based study, including all individuals aged 20-59 and living in Sweden, who in 2014-2016 had in- or specialized outpatient healthcare after a new traffic-related accident as a pedestrian.