Hensing G, Holmgren K, Rohdén H
Department of Social Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.
Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.
Work. 2015;50(4):637-47. doi: 10.3233/WOR-141827.
Profound changes are taking place in the Swedish welfare state. The general population's attitudes are important insofar changes will be perceived as fair and effective to become implemented.
The aim was to study attitudes to the strictness of the sick-leave rules, relocation to other work tasks after 3 months of sick leave and applications for new jobs after 6 months of sick leave.
Eligible for this questionnaire study were 1,140 individuals aged 19 to 64 years. Their attitudes were analyzed in relation to age, gender, political ideology and health status. Health status was measured as sick-leave experiences, self-reported health and level of symptoms.
Showed that 42% considered the sick-leave rules to be too strict, 60% found relocation to other work tasks to be good while 35% found that applications for new work were good. In logistic regression analyses, high sick-leave experience was associated with increased odds of finding the sick-leave rules too strict and disagreement with relocation to other work tasks or application for new jobs.
In conclusion, strong support was found for relocation to other work tasks with the present employer. Earlier research on returning to work has found workplace interventions to be efficient. From a policy perspective it seems relevant to promote such interventions given the strong public opinion in their favor.
瑞典福利国家正在发生深刻变化。只有当这些变化被认为是公平且有效的时候，才会得以实施，因此公众的态度很重要。
研究对病假规定的严格程度、病假3个月后转至其他工作任务以及病假6个月后申请新工作的态度。
1140名年龄在19至64岁之间的个体符合此项问卷调查研究的条件。分析了他们在年龄、性别、政治意识形态和健康状况方面的态度。健康状况通过病假经历、自我报告的健康状况和症状水平来衡量。
结果显示，42%的人认为病假规定过于严格，60%的人认为转至其他工作任务是有益的，而35%的人认为申请新工作是有益的。在逻辑回归分析中，高病假经历与认为病假规定过于严格以及不同意转至其他工作任务或申请新工作的几率增加相关。
总之，研究发现，对于在当前雇主处转至其他工作任务存在强烈支持。早期关于重返工作岗位的研究发现工作场所干预措施是有效的。从政策角度来看，鉴于公众对这些措施的强烈支持，推广此类干预措施似乎是有意义的。
