Svedberg Pia, Alexanderson Kristina
Division of Insurance Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Work. 2012;42(1):83-92. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1333.
To study if sick leave among employees in the Swedish Police was associated with experiences of discrimination, harassment, or (threats of) violence.
All employees in the Swedish Police in 2005.
Analyses of data from a questionnaire to all employees; 74% (n=16,725) responded. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) between sick leave and the studied factors were assessed.
The rate of sickness absence was higher for women (12%) than for men (8%) (p< 0.001). More women than men had experienced discrimination, while more men reported harassment from the public and experiences of threats or violence. ORs were significant between sick-leave and discrimination, sexual harassment, and violence, and higher for the men. Associations between harassment from the public, threats of violence or violence, and sickness absence were statistically significant for men only.
The study identifies the importance of investigating discrimination, harassment, and violence in relation to health outcomes for both male and female Police employees.
研究瑞典警察部队员工的病假情况是否与遭受歧视、骚扰或暴力（威胁）的经历有关。
2005年瑞典警察部队的所有员工。
对向所有员工发放的调查问卷数据进行分析；74%（n = 16,725）的员工进行了回复。评估病假与所研究因素之间的比值比（OR）及95%置信区间（CI）。
女性的病假率（12%）高于男性（8%）（p < 0.001）。经历过歧视的女性多于男性，而报告遭受公众骚扰以及受到威胁或暴力经历的男性多于女性。病假与歧视、性骚扰及暴力之间的OR具有显著性，且男性的OR值更高。仅男性中，公众骚扰、暴力威胁或暴力与病假之间的关联具有统计学意义。
该研究确定了调查歧视、骚扰及暴力与男女警察员工健康结果之间关系的重要性。
