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Parkes, S, Irizar, P, Greenberg, N, Wessely, S, Fear, NT, Hotopf, M and Stevelink, SAM (2024) Sickness absence and associations with sociodemographic factors, health risk behaviours, occupational stressors and adverse mental health in 40,343 UK police employees. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2045-7960
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Abstract
Aims Police employees may experience high levels of stress due to the challenging nature of their work which can then lead to sickness absence. To date, there has been limited research on sickness absence in the police. This exploratory analysis investigated sickness absence in UK police employees. Methods Secondary data analyses were conducted using data from the Airwave Health Monitoring Study (2006-2015). Past year sickness absence was self-reported and categorised as none, low (1-5 days), moderate (6-19 days) and long-term sickness absence (LTSA, 20 or more days). Descriptive statistics and multinomial logistic regressions were used to examine sickness absence and exploratory associations with sociodemographic factors, occupational stressors, health risk behaviours, and mental health outcomes, controlling for rank, gender and age. Results From a sample of 40,343 police staff and police officers, forty-six per cent had no sickness absence within the previous year, 33% had a low amount, 13% a moderate amount and 8% were on LTSA. The groups that were more likely to take sick leave were women, non-uniformed police staff, divorced or separated, smokers and those with three or more general practitioner consultations in the past year, poorer mental health, low job satisfaction and high job strain. Conclusions The study highlights the groups of police employees who may be more likely to take sick leave and is unique in its use of a large cohort of police employees. The findings emphasise the importance of considering possible modifiable factors that may contribute to sickness absence in UK police forces.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Mental Health; Absenteeism; Job Satisfaction; Mental Disorders; Police; Socioeconomic Factors; Adult; Middle Aged; Sick Leave; Female; Male; United Kingdom; Occupational Stress; Health Risk Behaviors; Sociodemographic Factors; Airwave Health Monitoring Study; mental health; police; sick leave; sickness absence; Humans; Police; Sick Leave; Occupational Stress; Female; Male; Adult; United Kingdom; Middle Aged; Mental Health; Health Risk Behaviors; Job Satisfaction; Sociodemographic Factors; Absenteeism; Mental Disorders; Socioeconomic Factors; 4202 Epidemiology; 4203 Health Services and Systems; 42 Health Sciences; Mental Health; Behavioral and Social Science; Social Determinants of Health; 3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote wellbeing; 2.3 Psychological, social and economic factors; 3 Good Health and Well Being; Humans; Police; Sick Leave; Occupational Stress; Female; Male; Adult; United Kingdom; Middle Aged; Mental Health; Health Risk Behaviors; Job Satisfaction; Sociodemographic Factors; Absenteeism; Mental Disorders; Socioeconomic Factors; 4202 Epidemiology; 4203 Health services and systems; 5205 Social and personality psychology |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Psychology (from Sep 2019) |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2025 16:01 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Feb 2025 16:15 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1017/S2045796024000283 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25658 |
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