Unhealthy lifestyle and sleep problems as risk factors for increased direct employers' cost of short-term sickness absence

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 192 - 201
• Main Authors: Kanerva, Noora, Pietiläinen, Olli, Lallukka, Tea, Rahkonen, Ossi, Lahti, Jouni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Finland NOROSH Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and health 01.03.2018; Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health; Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH)
• Subjects: alcohol; Alcohols; Confidence intervals; cost; Cost analysis; Employees; employer cost; Employers; Employment; fruit; helsinki health study; Insomnia; insomnia symptom; lifestyle; physical activity; Risk analysis; risk factor; Risk factors; short-term sickness absence; Sick leave; sickness absence; Signs and symptoms; Sleep; Sleep disorders; sleep problem; sleep ­duration; Smoking; Studies; unhealthy lifestyle; vegetable; Womens health; Finland

Objectives Unhealthy lifestyle (eg, smoking) as well as sleep problems are associated with increased risk of sickness absence, but the financial impact of these associations beyond risk ratios is not well known. We aimed to estimate the additive contribution of lifestyle and sleep problems (risk fac...