The effect of long-term sickness absence on coworkers in the same work unit.

This study indicates that an incident of LTSA-MD in the same work unit adversely affects the coworkers' occupational stress. Focusing on the coworkers' mental state after an incident of LTSA-MD in the same work unit and an early intervention strategy are needed to prevent secondary mental illness and sickness absence in the coworkers. PMID: 28824046 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Industrial Health - Category: Occupational Health Tags: Ind Health Source Type: research