White collar workers in the trade and retail industry have relatively low sickness absence/disability pension rates, although the rates increased over the study period, especially with mental diagnoses. Several factors… Click to show full abstract
White collar workers in the trade and retail industry have relatively low sickness absence/disability pension rates, although the rates increased over the study period, especially with mental diagnoses. Several factors were more strongly associated with SA/DP among men, indicating that there are other factors of importance for women. Objective This study aimed to investigate future sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP) among privately employed white-collar employees in the trade and retail industry. Methods A prospective population-based cohort study of all 192,077 such workers in Sweden in 2012, using linked microdata from nationwide registers, was conducted. Descriptive statistics of annual SA/DP during 2010 to 2016 and logistic regression for SA/DP in 2016 were used. Results Women had more mean SA/DP net days/person; however, there were no sex differences in the mean number of net days/person with SA/DP. The mean number of net days/person increased, especially with mental diagnoses. Sickness absence in 2012 was the strongest factor associated with SA/DP in 2016 (women: odds ratio, 3.28; 95% confidence interval, 3.09–3.47; men: odds ratio, 4.10; 95% confidence interval, 3.76–4.48). Work-related factors were weakly associated with future SA/DP. Conclusions The number of SA/DP net days per person increased, especially SA/DP days due to mental diagnoses.
               
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