TY - T1 - Short sickness absence and subsequent sickness absence due to mental disorders - a follow-up study among municipal employees SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/176774 T3 - A1 - Sumanen, Hilla; Pietilainen, Olli; Lahelma, Eero; Rahkonen, Ossi A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - Background: Mental disorders are common diagnostic causes for longer sickness absence and disability retirement in OECD-countries. Short sickness absence spells are also common, and neither trivial for health and work ability. We studied how prior short sickness absence spells and days are associated with subsequent longer sickness absence due to mental disorders in two age-groups of municipal employees during a 2-, 5- and 9-year follow-up. Methods: The analyses covered 20-34 and 35-49-year-old ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - OCCUPATIONAL CLASS; YOUNG EMPLOYEES; HEALTH-STATUS; WHITEHALL-II; INTERRELATIONSHIPS; DETERMINANTS; INEQUALITIES; EDUCATION; INCOME; LEAVE; 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health N1 - PP - ER -