Well-being and occupational roles among middle-aged women
Håkansson, Carita LU
; Eklund, Mona
LU
; Lidfeldt, Jonas
LU
; Nerbrand, Christina
LU
; Samsioe, Göran
LU
and Nilsson, Peter
LU
(2005)
In Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation
24(4).
p.341-351
- Abstract
- One purpose of the present study is to explore the stability of the pattern of health/work and sickness absence among middle-aged women over a period of three years. This study tested two hypotheses: (a) that enduringly healthy working women would perceive more valued occupational roles and higher well-being than long-term sick-listed women; (b) that high levels of well-being at baseline would predict enduring health and occupational role value at a 3-year follow-up. Middle-aged women (n = 208) answered a postal survey with the Role checklist, a well-being scale and questions about work and sickness situation. The results showed that there was a considerable variability in the pattern of health/work and sickness absence. The variability... (More)
- One purpose of the present study is to explore the stability of the pattern of health/work and sickness absence among middle-aged women over a period of three years. This study tested two hypotheses: (a) that enduringly healthy working women would perceive more valued occupational roles and higher well-being than long-term sick-listed women; (b) that high levels of well-being at baseline would predict enduring health and occupational role value at a 3-year follow-up. Middle-aged women (n = 208) answered a postal survey with the Role checklist, a well-being scale and questions about work and sickness situation. The results showed that there was a considerable variability in the pattern of health/work and sickness absence. The variability was greatest among the women who were long-term sick-listed at baseline, and the internal drop out was great among them. The results showed that the enduringly healthy women experienced a more valued worker role and higher well-being than the long-term sick-listed women. Furthermore, high levels of well-being concerning health and work predicted enduring health in the studied sample, and high well-being concerning work was predictive of a valued worker role. Interventions that enable women to develop valuable worker and leisure roles, as well as harmony between different roles, may be important constituents of health promotion/rehabilitation programmes. (Less)
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- Håkansson, Carita
LU
; Eklund, Mona
LU
; Lidfeldt, Jonas
LU
; Nerbrand, Christina
LU
; Samsioe, Göran
LU
and Nilsson, Peter
LU
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- publishing date
- 2005
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- long-term sick-listing, healthy, role value, role imbalance, work satisfaction
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- Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation
- volume
- 24
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 341 - 351
- publisher
- IOS Press
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- pmid:15920309
- scopus:19944399449
- ISSN
- 1875-9270
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Internal Medicine Research Unit (013242520), Department of Health Sciences (013220000), Family Medicine (013241010), Division of Occupational Therapy (Closed 2012) (013025000), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Lund) (013018000)
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