COVID-19 infection and later risk of sickness absence by socioeconomic status: a cohort study
Employees who reported contracting first-wave COVID-19 infection had higher rates of sickness absence in the following year. This excess risk was most consistently observed in employees with intermediate socioeconomic status (e.g. office workers, registered nurses, and social workers).
Authors
- Johanna Kausto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2898-0018)
- Jaakko Airaksinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7773-7615)
- Mika Kivimaki B (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4699-5627)
- Jenni Ervasti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9113-2428)
- Matti Joensuu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9432-2278)
- Jussi Vahtera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-061X)
- Tuula Oksanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0004-1035)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Turku (FI)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FI)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-21148-7
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Työsuojelurahasto
- Medical Research Council