COVID-19 infection and later risk of sickness absence by socioeconomic status: a cohort study.

Publication date: Dec 31, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic was a significant health risk and resulted in increased sickness absence during the pandemic. This study examines whether a history of COVID-19 infection is associated with a higher risk of subsequent sickness absence. In this prospective cohort study, 32,124 public sector employees responded to a survey on COVID-19 infection and lifestyle factors in 2020 and were linked to sickness absence records before (2019) and after (2021-2022) the survey. Study outcome was annual sickness absence defined as the total number of sickness absence days and the number of short sickness absence spells (

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Concepts Keywords
Covid Absenteeism
Employees Absenteeism
Increased Adult
Sickness Cohort Studies
COVID-19
Female
Finland
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Prospective study
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2
Sick Leave
Sick leave
Social Class
Work ability

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH infection
disease IDO history
disease MESH lifestyle factors
pathway REACTOME Reproduction
disease MESH morbidity
drug DRUGBANK Serine
drug DRUGBANK L-Citrulline
drug DRUGBANK Indoleacetic acid
drug DRUGBANK Ethanol
drug DRUGBANK Methionine
drug DRUGBANK Coenzyme M
disease MESH long COVID
disease IDO susceptibility
disease MESH arrythmia
disease MESH peripheral neuropathy
disease MESH anxiety
disease MESH infectious diseases
disease MESH physical inactivity
disease MESH symptom clusters
drug DRUGBANK Guanosine
disease MESH sequelae

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