Department of Health and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Gothenburg University, PO Box 455, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden.
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Gothenburg University, PO Box 463, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden.
BMC Psychol. 2023 Feb 24;11(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01086-6.
To better understand the initial phases of sickness absence due to common mental disorders (CMD), the aim of the present video vignette study was to test the following three hypotheses: (1) Managers who have negative attitudes towards employees with CMD will not recommend sick leave. (2) Managers with experience of CMD recommend sick leave to a significantly higher extent than managers lacking this experience. (3) Managers with previous experience of recommending sick leave for people with CMD will recommend sick leave to a significantly higher extent also based on the vignettes.
An online survey, including a CMD-labelled video vignette, was sent to 4737 Swedish managers (71% participated, n = 3358). For aims (1) and (2), a study sample consisting of 2714 managers was used. For aim (3), due to the design of the survey questions, a subsample (n = 1740) was used.
There was no significant association between negative attitudes towards employee depression and managers' recommendation of employee sick leave with the vignette case. The bivariate analysis showed that personal experience of CMD was associated with managers' recommendation of employee sick leave. In the adjusted regression model, it became non-significant. Previous experience of recommending sick leave to one employee and to several employees was associated with recommending sick leave, also when adjusting for gender, level of education, years of managerial experience, and management training on CMDs CONCLUSIONS: The likelihood of a manager recommending sick leave after watching a CMD-labelled video vignette was higher if the manager had previous experience of this situation in real life. This study highlights the importance of including managerial behaviours and attitudes to better understand sick leave among employees with CMD.
为了更好地了解常见精神障碍（CMD）缺勤的初始阶段，本视频小插曲研究旨在检验以下三个假设：（1）对患有 CMD 的员工持消极态度的经理不会建议病假。（2）有 CMD 经验的经理比缺乏这种经验的经理更有可能建议病假。（3）有 CMD 推荐病假经验的经理，即使基于小插曲，也会更有可能建议病假。
一项包括 CMD 标记视频小插曲的在线调查被发送给 4737 名瑞典经理（71%的人参与，n = 3358）。对于目的（1）和（2），使用了由 2714 名经理组成的研究样本。对于目的（3），由于调查问题的设计，使用了一个子样本（n = 1740）。
经理对员工抑郁的消极态度与经理对员工病假的推荐之间没有显著关联。单变量分析表明，CMD 的个人经验与经理推荐员工病假有关。在调整后的回归模型中，这变得不显著。向一名员工和多名员工推荐病假的以往经验与推荐病假有关，即使在调整性别、教育程度、管理经验年限和 CMD 管理培训后也是如此。
观看 CMD 标记视频小插曲后，经理推荐病假的可能性更高，如果经理在现实生活中有过这种情况的经验。这项研究强调了包括管理行为和态度对于更好地理解 CMD 员工的病假的重要性。
