Mental stress due to poor organizational climate and high work commitment as predictor of 10-year registered sickness absence: a cohort study based on The Population Study of Women in Gothenburg

The findings indicate that perceived stress due to organizational factors at work, alone and in combination with the individual factor high work commitment, are long-lasting risk factors for sickness absence. Aligning with previous studies, the findings further suggest that WSQ might successfully aid identifying women with such elevated risk and adds that this is even true in a general population context. These findings merit further investigation in larger samples.