dc.contributor.author | Johansen, Vegard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-10T11:46:03Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T15:37:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-10T11:46:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T15:37:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | BMJ Open 2015, 5 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 2044-6055 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2365368 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: This paper investigates sickness presence (SP) among students. The research questions asked are: What is the distribution of SP among students in Norwegian secondary school? What characterises students with high SP in Norwegian secondary schools?
Design: A cross-sectional survey conducted in 10th grade in lower secondary school (LSS) and level 2 in upper secondary school (USS). The study was conducted using multivariate binomial logistic regression analysis.
Participants: The survey was administered to 66 schools, and 2 or 3 classes participated at each school. The response rate was 84% in LSS (n=1880) and 81% in USS (n=1160).
Primary and secondary outcome measures: The paper provides information about the distribution of SP in secondary schools. The paper also examines which factors influence high SP.
Results: 75% of students in LSS and 80% of students in USS reported SP in the previous school year. 24% of students in LSS and 33% of students in USS reported high SP (4 episodes or more). Students with high absence from school were more likely to report high SP (ORLSS=1.7, ORUSS=2.0) than those with low/no absence. Girls were more likely to report high SP (ORLSS=1.5, ORUSS=1.5) than boys. In LSS, students with high school motivation reported high SP more often than students with low/medium motivation. In USS, students in vocational studies programmes reported high SP more often than students in general/academic studies programmes.
Conclusions: Some SP during a school year may be more common than no SP. Gender, absence, motivation and education programme were important factors for high SP in secondary school. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | nb_NO |
dc.title | Sick and still at school: an empirical study of sickness presence among students in Norwegian secondary school | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_GB |
dc.date.updated | 2015-11-10T11:46:03Z | |
dc.source.volume | 5 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | BMJ Open | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008290 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1265392 | |
dc.description.localcode | This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | nb_NO |