Sick leave during pregnancy: A longitudinal study of rates and risk factors in a Norwegian population

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 521-530

  Dorheim S K ^a   Bjorvatn, B ^b,c   Eberhard Gran, M ^d,e  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; prevalence; risk factors; sick leave

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSOMNIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MULTIPARA; NAUSEA; NORWAY; PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; VOMITING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84875139145     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12035     Document Type: Article

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