Sickness absence and disability pension before and after first childbirth and in nulliparous women: longitudinal analyses of three cohorts in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Childbirth is suggested to be associated with elevated levels of sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP). However, detailed knowledge about SA/DP patterns around childbirth is lacking. We aimed to compare SA/DP across different time periods among women according to their childbirth status.

Design

Register-based longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

Sweden.

Participants

Three population-based cohorts of nulliparous women aged 18-39 years, living in Sweden 31 December 1994, 1999 or 2004 (nearly 500 000/cohort).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Sum of SA >14 and DP net days/year.

Methods

We compared crude and standardised mean SA and DP days/year during the 3 years preceding and the 3 years after first childbirth date (Y_-3

SUBMITTER: Bjorkenstam C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738681 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature