@article{10272/16047,
year = {2018},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16047},
abstract = {The objective of this study is to analyse sick leave episodes of a university’s collective of
statutory workers in the State of São Paulo, between January 2010 and December 2015. For this,
a descriptive study analysed 5776 registered spells of sick leave of four university units: agricultural
sciences; human health, health and animal reproduction, and biological sciences; an administrative
unit; and a university hospital. The medical expert assessment was carried out by general practitioners
and psychiatrists who managed sick leave and return to work cases. Around 52% had up to three
sick leave episodes, and 10% of the workers had 20 or more episodes. Each spell of sickness absence
lasted a median of 30 days (IQR 8–60 days). Among all of sick leaves, 35% had as a primary cause
mental or behavioural diseases, of which 30% were depressive disorders, followed by around 18%
related to the musculoskeletal system and the connective tissues. In the medical reports, 80% of the
workers reported pain and 30% reported psychological symptoms. The collective, seen as privileged
by many for their job stability, has a high percentage of sick leave due to mental illness, with extended
periods which affect the levels of disability and reduce possibilities of return.},
publisher = {MDPI},
title = {Six years of sick leave spells in a group of university civilworkers. Can modernwork bring them a new health problem?},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph16010017},
author = {Dias, Adriano and Bernardes, João Marcos and Malacize Fantazia, Miriam and Ruiz Frutos, Carlos and Gómez Salgado, Juan},
}