From: Incidence rates of sickness absence related to mental disorders: a systematic literature review
Author(s) | Country | Study population | Data source | Year(s) of data | Diagnostic classification system used | Absence days to qualify for sickness absence benefit |
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Social democratic | ||||||
Virtanen et al. [24] | FI | Participants from the Finnish Public Sector Study covering employees in 10 towns and 21 public hospitals in Finland; who were not on long-term sick leave or disability pension at the time of the survey; and who were employed for at least 6 months during the study between 1997-2005 | Administrative data from the National Health Insurance, employer records and national health register records and the Finnish Public Sector Study | 1997-2005 | International Classification of Diseases,10th edition (ICD-10) | Long-term sickness absence = sickness absence of ≥ 90 days |
Roelen et al. [28] | NL | Employees of firms who were clients of an occupational health services provider from 2001-2007 | Administrative sickness absence data from ArboNed | 2001-2007 | ICD-10 | Sickness absence: absence of ≥ 28 sick days requiring a medical certificate from an occupational physician |
Koopmans et al. [26] | NL | Dutch Post and Telecommunication employees from 2001-2007 | Administrative sickness absence data from ArboNed | 2001-2007 | ICD-10 | Sick leaves of > 3 weeks require a medical certificate from an occupational physician |
Roelen et al. [27] | NL | Dutch Post and Telecommunication employees from 2001-2007 | Administrative sickness absence data from ArboNed | 2001-2007 | ICD-10 | Sick leaves of > 3 weeks require a medical certificate from an occupational physician |
Roelen et al. [29] | NL | Employees covered in a sickness absence benefit program from 2001-2010 | Administrative sickness absence data | 2001-2010 | ICD-10 | Sickness absence = absence of > 3 weeks requiring a medical certificate from an occupational physician |
Hensing et al. [25] | NO | People who were 16–66 years in 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000 who were compulsory members of the Sickness Benefit Scheme | Administrative data from the Norwegian National Sickness Administration | 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 | International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) | Medical certification is required for sick leave > 4 days |
Liberal | ||||||
Dewa et al. [11] | CA (Ontario) | Employees from a large resource sector company from 2003-2006 | Administrative sickness absence data | 2003-2006 | ICD-10 | Sickness absence = sickness absence of > 5 continuous work days requiring a medical certificate |
Latin America | ||||||
Barbosa-Branco et al. [32] | BR | All employees registered in private sector jobs in 2008 | Administrative data from health service provider | 2008 | ICD-10 | Sickness absence = ≥ 15 consecutive days absent requiring a medical certificate |
Reis et al. [30] | BR | Workers from a university hospital who were employed from 2000-2007 | Administrative data from health service provider | 2000-2007 | ICD-10 | Not described |
Barbosa-Branco et al. [31] | BR | All employees registered in private sector jobs in 2008 | National Benefits System and National Social Information Database | 2008 | ICD-10 | Sickness absence = ≥ 15 consecutive days absent requiring a medical certificate |