Transitioning from sickness absence to disability pension-the impact of poor health behaviours: a prospective Swedish twin cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the association between three poor health behaviours (current smoker, high consumption of alcohol and low physical activity levels) and the transition to disability pension (DP) among individuals who have recently been sickness absent. Furthermore, we aimed to explore whether having multiple poor health behaviours increased the risk of transitioning from sickness absence (SA) to DP.

Design

Prospective twin cohort study.

Setting

Sweden.

Participants

Twins aged 20-46 who had participated in a survey and been on SA (>14 days) in the year preceding baseline (date of answering the questionnaire).

Main outcome measure

Incident DP during the follow-up which ended on 31 December 2012 (mean 5.2 years). A national register with full cover

SUBMITTER: Helgadottir B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858211 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature