Publications within IMAS
Since 2011, data from the IMAS project has been used in over 250 publications in international, peer-reviewed scientific journals, more than 20 scientific reports, and over 10 doctoral dissertations and licentiate theses. Below is a selection of recent publications. For a complete list, please contact us at imas-cns@ki.se
Ármannsdóttir, B., Taipale, H., Akhtar, A., Kautzky, A., Björkenstam, E., Lieslehto, J., Tiihonen, J., Amin, R. & Mittendorfer-Rutz, E. (2024.) Labor market marginalization in individuals with bipolar disorder: a Swedish nationwide register-based sibling comparison study. Psychol Med. 54(16), 4736–4746. doi: 10.1017/S0033291724002903. Epub ahead of print.
Farrants, K. & Alexanderson, K. (2024.) Sickness absence after work accidents and post-traumatic stress among white-collar workers in the retail and wholesale industry; a longitudinal Swedish cohort study. BMC Public Health, 24(1):2389. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19865-0.
Farrants K, Müller M, Alexanderson K. Sickness absence among privately employed white-collar workers during the COVID-19 pandemic; a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 10;25(1):548. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21566-1.
Gémes K, Pettersson E, Sjölund Andoff S, Farrants K, Friberg E, Alexanderson K. Sickness absence and disability pension trajectories among individuals on sickness absence due to stress-related disorders. Two prospective population-based cohorts with 13-month follow-up. PLOS ONE. 2024. Dec 13;19(12):e0315706. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315706.
Helgesson, M., Pettersson, E., Lindsäter, E., Taipale, H., Tanskanen, A., Mittendorfer-Rutz, E. & Cullen, AE. (2024.) Trajectories of work disability among individuals with anxiety-, mood/affective-, or stress-related disorders in a primary healthcare setting. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1):623. doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-06068-5.
Hiyoshi A, Alexanderson K, Tinghög P, Cao Y, Fall K, Montgomery S. Future sick leave, disability pension, and unemployment among patients with cancer after returning to work: Swedish register-based matched prospective cohort study. Cancer. 2025. Jan 1;131(1):e35580. Epub 2024 Oct 8. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.35580.
Kjeldgård, L., Stigson, H., Farrants, K. & Friberg, E. (2024.) Sickness absence and disability pension after road traffic accidents, a nationwide register-based study comparing different road user groups with matched references. Heliyon, 23;10(7):e28596. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28596.
Machado A, Pettersson E, Alexanderson K, Hillert J, Friberg E. Sick leave in the prodromal phase of multiple sclerosis and its association with diagnostic delay: A short report. Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical. 2024. Dec 18;10(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/20552173241305982.
Roland M, Rudberg AS, Arnberg F, Alexanderson K, Sjöstrand C. Sickness absence and disability pension in patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2025, Jan 10;34(3):108236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2025.108236. Epub ahead of print.
Stutaite G, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Helgesson M, Kautzky A, Finnes A, Gémes K. Working life patterns after sickness absence due to depression: A 15-year register-based prospective cohort study. J Affect Disord. 2025 Mar 13;379:822-834. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.073. Epub ahead of print.
Teni, FS., Machado, A., Fink, K., Gyllensten, H., Hillert, J. & Friberg, E. (2024.) Recent trends in disease-modifying therapy use and associated sickness absence and disability pension among people with multiple sclerosis in Sweden. Mult Scler., 30(3):419-431. doi: 10.1177/13524585231225929.