Henderson Max, Hotopf Matthew, Leon David A
Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, Department of Psychological Medicine, Weston Education Centre, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK.
Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Mar;194(3):220-3. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.044271.
Little is known as to whether childhood temperament is associated with long-term sickness absence in adult life.
To explore the associations between childhood temperament and long-term sickness absence in middle age.
The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s study is comprised of 12,150 children born in Aberdeen 1950-55. Teachers completed the Aberdeen-London Child Behaviour Scale (Rutter B) for all participants in 1964. Current employment status was ascertained for 7183 (63.7%) in 2001.
Five and a half per cent of responders classified themselves as 'permanently sick or disabled' at follow-up. 'Often complains of aches and pains' (OR=6.75, 95% CI 1.28-35.5) and 'Often appears miserable or unhappy' (OR=3.81, 95% CI 1.01-14.4) were strongly associated with being permanently sick or disabled following adjustment for year of birth, gender, IQ and father's social class.
Childhood temperament is strongly associated with sickness absence in middle age.
关于儿童气质是否与成年后的长期病假相关，目前知之甚少。
探讨儿童气质与中年时期长期病假之间的关联。
20世纪50年代阿伯丁儿童研究涵盖了1950年至1955年在阿伯丁出生的12150名儿童。1964年，教师们为所有参与者完成了阿伯丁-伦敦儿童行为量表（Rutter B）。2001年确定了7183名（63.7%）参与者的当前就业状况。
在随访中，5.5%的应答者将自己归类为“长期患病或残疾”。在对出生年份、性别、智商和父亲社会阶层进行调整后，“经常抱怨疼痛”（比值比=6.75，95%置信区间1.28-35.5）和“经常显得痛苦或不开心”（比值比=3.81，95%置信区间1.01-14.4）与长期患病或残疾密切相关。
儿童气质与中年时期的病假密切相关。
