Kristin Farrants

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About me

I am a Docent (Associate Professor) and Senior Researcher in Insurance Medicine with a research focus on sickenss absence in different life stages and occupations. I obtained my doctoral degree from Durham University, on the topic of changing welfare states and health inequalities.

Research

My research interests are in the area of sickness absence, specifically sickness absence among people of higher ages in the workforce, psychosocial
work environment and sickness absence, as well as sickness absence among white-collar and blue-collar workers, in general and in the retail and wholesale industry.

Articles

Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;34(Suppl 3):ckae144.728
Antidepressant medication before and after exiting paid work: a population-based study from Sweden
Lallukka T; Alexandersson K; Farrants K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;34(Suppl 3):ckae144.1105
Sick-leave trajectories among people sickness absent with stress-related diagnoses; cohort studies
Gemes K; Petterson E; Farrants K; Friberg E; Nilsson K; Andoff SS; Alexanderson K
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;:14034948241272936
Occupational prestige and future sickness absence and disability pension in women and men: a Swedish nationwide prospective cohort study
Hensing G; Muller M; Eriksson YU; Alexanderson K; Farrants K
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;24(1):2389
Sickness absence after work accidents and post-traumatic stress among white-collar workers in the retail and wholesale industry; a longitudinal Swedish cohort study
Farrants K; Alexanderson K
Article: HELIYON. 2024;10(7):e28596
Sickness absence and disability pension after road traffic accidents, a nationwide register-based study comparing different road user groups with matched references
Kjeldgard L; Stigson H; Farrants K; Friberg E
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;24(1):744
Bidirectional associations between workplace bullying and sickness absence due to common mental disorders - a propensity-score matched cohort study
Holmgren R; Grotta A; Farrants K; Hanson LLM
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2023;13(12):e078066
Sequence analysis of sickness absence and disability pension days in 2012-2018 among privately employed white-collar workers in Sweden: a prospective cohort study
Salonen L; Alexanderson K; Farrants K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33:ckad160.1326
Life course patterns after parental leave: a 10-year Swedish cohort study with sequence analysis
Virtanen M; Gemes K; Farrants K; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Alexanderson K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33:ckad160.1310
Sickness absence after work injuries and post-traumatic stress among white-collar workers
Farrants K; Alexanderson K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33:ckad160.1304
Prior morbidity and sickness absence with Covid-19 among wholesale and retail blue-collar workers
Farrants K; Alexanderson K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33:ckad160.921
Sickness absence and/or disability pension and future work income after age 65 and 70 in Sweden
Martikainen A; Alexanderson K; Svedberg P; Farrants K
Article: JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH. 2023;86:357-363
Fall and collision related injuries among pedestrians, sickness absence and associations with accident type and occupation
Bergsten EL; Kjeldgard L; Stigson H; Farrants K; Friberg E
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33(3):435-441
Emotional demands and all-cause and diagnosis-specific long-term sickness absence: a prospective cohort study in Sweden
Framke E; Alexanderson K; Sorensen JK; Pedersen J; Madsen IEH; Rugulies R; Farrants K
Article: JOURNAL OF AGING & SOCIAL POLICY. 2023;35(2):197-220
Trends in Associations Between Sickness Absence Before the Age of 65 and Being in Paid Work After the Age of 65: Prospective Study of Three Total Population Cohorts
Farrants K; Head J; Alexanderson K
Article: INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2023;96(2):225-236
Exposure to work-related violence and/or threats of violence as a predictor of certified sickness absence due to mental disorders: a prospective cohort study of 16,339 Swedish men and women in paid work
Wijkander M; Farrants K; Magnusson Hanson LL
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;23(1):367
Diagnosis-specific sickness absence among injured working-aged pedestrians: a sequence analysis
Kjeldgard L; Stigson H; Bergsten EL; Farrants K; Friberg E
Journal article: SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES OPEN. 2023;8(1):100571
Health and morbidity among people in paid work after 64 years of age: A systematic review
Farrants K; Dervish J; Marklund S; Alexanderson K
Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(2):e0281056
Working life sequences over the life course among 9269 women and men in Sweden; a prospective cohort study
Gemes K; Heikkilae K; Alexanderson K; Farrants K; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Virtanen M
Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2022;64(11):912-919
Sickness Absence and Disability Pension in the Trade and Retail Industry A Prospective Cohort Study of 192,000 White-Collar Workers in Sweden
Farrants K; Alexanderson K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32(Supplement_3):ckac130.123
Sickness absence and disability pension in white-collar workers in the trade and retail industry
Farrants K; Alexanderson K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32(Supplement_3):ckac130.128
Prior sick leave with mental or somatic diagnoses and being in work in ages 66–71; a Swedish cohort
Martikainen A; Alavi AS; Alexanderson K; Farrants K
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;22(1):1592
Trajectories of sickness absence and disability pension days among 189,321 white-collar workers in the trade and retail industry; a 7-year longitudinal Swedish cohort study
Farrants K; Alexanderson K
Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2022;64(6):451-457
Psychosocial Working Conditions and Subsequent Sickness Absence-Effects of Pain and Common Mental Disorders in a Population-Based Swedish Twin Sample
Ropponen A; Wang M; Farrants K; Narusyte J; Svedberg P
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY (EJE). 2022;37(4):389-400
Work stress and loss of years lived without chronic disease: an 18-year follow-up of 1.5 million employees in Denmark
Sorensen JK; Framke E; Pedersen J; Alexanderson K; Bonde JP; Farrants K; Flachs EM; Hanson LLM; Nyberg ST; Kivimaki M; Madsen IEH; Rugulies R
Article: INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2022;95(1):169-185
Associations between combinations of job demands and job control among 6,16,818 people aged 55-64 in paid work with their labour market status 11 years later: a prospective cohort study
Farrants K; Head J; Framke E; Rugulies R; Alexanderson K
Article: INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2022;95(1):199-211
Effects of age on psychosocial working conditions and future labour market marginalisation: a cohort study of 56,867 Swedish twins
Wang M; Svedberg P; Narusyte J; Farrants K; Ropponen A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(2):e0263810
Trajectory analyses in insurance medicine studies: Examples and key methodological aspects and pitfalls
Serra L; Farrants K; Alexanderson K; Ubalde M; Lallukka T
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;21(1):2322
Associations of sickness absence and disability pension due to mental and somatic diagnoses when aged 60-64 with paid work after the standard retirement age; a prospective population-based cohort study in Sweden
Martikainen A; Alavi AS; Alexanderson K; Farrants K
Article: THE LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;6(10):e752-e759
Emotional demands at work and risk of long-term sickness absence in 1middot5 million employees in Denmark: a prospective cohort study on effect modifiers
Framke E; Sorensen JK; Alexanderson K; Farrants K; Kivimaki M; Nyberg ST; Pedersen J; Madsen IEH; Rugulies R
Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2021;50(Supplement_1):dyab168.624
1175Work stress and loss of years lived without chronic disease; an 18-year prospective cohort study
Sørensen JK; Framke E; Pedersen J; Alexanderson K; Bonde JP; Farrants K; Flachs EM; Hanson LLM; Nyborg ST; Kivimäki M; Rugulies R
Article: BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS. 2021;22(1):603
Predicting the duration of sickness absence due to knee osteoarthritis: a prognostic model developed in a population-based cohort in Sweden
Holm J; Frumento P; Almondo G; Gemes K; Bottai M; Alexanderson K; Friberg E; Farrants K
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;49(2):159-167
Sickness absence among privately employed white-collar workers: A total population study in Sweden
Farrants K; Alexanderson K
Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2020;62(10):795-802
Combinations of Job Demands and Job Control and Future Trajectories of Sickness Absence and Disability Pension An 11-year Follow-up of Two Million Employees in Sweden
Salonen L; Alexanderson K; Rugulies R; Framke E; Niemela M; Farrants K
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK, ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH. 2020;46(5):498-507
Persistent and changing job strain and risk of coronary heart disease. A population-based cohort study of 1.6 million employees in Denmark
Rugulies R; Framke E; Sorensen JK; Svane-Petersen AC; Alexanderson K; Bonde JP; Farrants K; Flachs EM; Hanson LLM; Nyberg ST; Kivimaki M; Madsen IEH
Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2020;62(6):403-411
Job Demands and Job Control and Future Labor Market Situation An 11-year Prospective Study of 2.2 Million Employees
Farrants K; Norberg J; Framke E; Rugulies R; Alexanderson K
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2020;41(11):1164-1178
Contribution of income and job strain to the association between education and cardiovascular disease in 1.6 million Danish employees
Framke E; Sorensen JK; Andersen PK; Svane-Petersen AC; Alexanderson K; Bonde JP; Farrants K; Flachs EM; Hanson LLM; Nyberg ST; Villadsen E; Kivimaki M; Rugulies R; Madsen IEH
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;48(2):125-133
Job demands and control and sickness absence, disability pension and unemployment among 2,194,692 individuals in Sweden
Norberg J; Alexanderson K; Framke E; Rugulies R; Farrants K
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(8):e030054
Trajectories of future sickness absence and disability pension days among individuals with a new sickness absence spell due to osteoarthritis diagnosis ≥21 days: a prospective cohort study with 13-month follow-up
Farrants K; Friberg E; Sjolund S; Alexanderson K
Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION. 2018;28(4):678-690
Work Disability Trajectories Among Individuals with a Sick-Leave Spell Due to Depressive Episode ≥ 21 Days: A Prospective Cohort Study with 13-Month Follow Up
Farrants K; Friberg E; Sjolund S; Alexanderson K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28(suppl_4):cky212.742
Sickness absence among privately employed white-collar workers: a total population study
Farrants K; Sondén A; Alexanderson K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28(suppl_4):cky212.589
How to interpret the results from trajectory analyses?
Farrants K; Alexanderson K; Ubalde-Lopez M; Saurina LS
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28(suppl_4):cky212.587
Examples of results from studies using trajectory analyses
Lallukka T; Saurina LS; Ubalde-Lopez M; Alexanderson K; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Farrants K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28(suppl_4):cky212.178
Associations of job demands and job control with long-term sickness absence and disability pension
Farrants K; Norberg J; Sondén A; Rugulies R; Framke E; Alexanderson K
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;46(3):297-305
Sick leave among people in paid work after age 65: A Swedish population-based study covering 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010
Farrants K; Marklund S; Kjeldgard L; Head J; Alexanderson K
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;46(1):18-26
Neoliberalism and the recommodification of health inequalities: A case study of the Swedish welfare state 1980 to 2011
Farrants K; Bambra C
Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH. 2018;46(2):564-577
Sick leave before and after the age of 65 years among those in paid work in Sweden in 2000 or 2005: a register-based cohort study
Farrants K; Kjeldgard L; Marklund S; Head J; Alexanderson K
Article: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;39(4):661-667
Recommodification and the social determinants of health: unemployment benefits, pensions and health inequalities in Sweden and England, 1991-2011
Farrants K
Article: HEALTH POLICY. 2017;121(1):42-49
The recommodification of healthcare? A case study of user charges and inequalities in access to healthcare in Sweden 1980-2005
Farrants K; Bambra C; Nylen L; Kasim A; Burstrom B; Hunter D
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES. 2016;46(2):300-324
Recommodification, Unemployment, and Health Inequalities: Trends in England and Sweden 1991-2011
Farrants K; Bambra C; Nylen L; Kasim A; Burstrom B; Hunter D
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32:ckac131.259
Health and morbidity among those in paid work after age 64: a systematic review
Farrants K; Alexanderson K; Dervish J; Marklund S
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32:ckac131.277
Sickness absence among 299484 blue-collar workers in the trade industry during the Covid-19 pandemic
Farrants K; Alexanderson K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32:III364
Prior sick leave with mental or somatic diagnoses and being in work in ages 66-71; a Swedish cohort
Martikainen A; Alavi AS; Alexanderson K; Farrants K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32:III362
Sickness absence and disability pension in white-collar workers in the trade and retail industry
Farrants K; Alexanderson K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;31:114
Trends in associations between sickness absence, disability pension and paid work after age 65
Farrants K; Head J; Alexanderson K
Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2021
Work Stress and Loss of Years Lived Without Chronic Disease: an 18-year Follow-up of 1.5 Million Employees in Denmark
Sørensen JK; Framke E; Pedersen J; Alexanderson K; Bonde JP; Farrants K; Flachs EM; Hanson LLM; Nyberg ST; Kivimäki M; Madsen IEH; Rugulies R
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2021;50
Work stress and loss of years lived without chronic disease; an 18-year prospective cohort study
Sorensen JK; Framke E; Pedersen J; Alexanderson K; Bonde JP; Farrants K; Flachs EM; Hanson LLM; Nyborg ST; Kivimaki M; Rugulies R
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;30:ckaa165.699
Job demands/control among people in paid work age 55-64 and their labour market status 11 years later
Farrants K; Head J; Framke E; Rugulies R; Alexanderson K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;29:ckz187.113
Job demands & control among employees in Sweden aged 55-64 and labour market status 11 years later
Farrants K; Alexanderson K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;29:ckz186.320
Psychosocial working conditions and future sick leave and disability pension trajectories in Sweden
Salonen L; Alexanderson K; Rugulies R; Framke E; Niemela M; Farrants K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28:253
Sickness absence among privately employed white-collar workers: a total population study
Farrants K; Sonden A; Alexanderson K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28:200
How to interpret the results from trajectory analyses?
Farrants K; Alexanderson K; Ubalde-Lopez M; Serra Saurina L
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28:63-64
Associations of job demands and job control with long-term sickness absence and disability pension
Farrants K; Norberg J; Sonden A; Rugulies R; Framke E; Alexanderson K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28:199-200
Examples of results from studies using trajectory analyses
Lallukka T; Serra Saurina L; Ubalde-Lopez M; Alexanderson K; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Farrants K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27:252
Future work disability trajectories among people on a new sick-leave spell due to depressive episode
Friberg E; Sjolund S; Alexanderson K; Farrants K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27:ckx187.173
Future work disability trajectories among people on sick leave due to stress-related disorders
Sjolund S; Nilsson K; Farrants K; Alexanderson K; Friberg E
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;26:72
Sick leave before and after the age of 65 in 2000 and 2005: a Swedish register-based cohort study
Farrants K; Kjeldgard L; Marklund S; Alexanderson K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;26:72
Sick leave before and after the age of 65 in 2000 and 2005: a Swedish register-based cohort study
Farrants K; Kjeldgard L; Marklund S; Alexanderson K

Grants

Morbidity among older women and men in paid work when aged 66-70 or >70 years, among all and specifically for the health and social care sector; prospective population-based cohort studies
Swedish Research Council
1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
Gender differences among people aged 66-70 and above 70 years, respectively, regarding being in paid work and about their morbidity and sickness absence; prospective population-based cohort studies
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 January 2022 - 31 December 2025
Health and Morbidity among People in Paid Work after the Standard Retirement Age: A Systematic Review
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 November 2020 - 31 October 2021
Psychosocial working conditions, emotional demands, and sickness absence: using job exposure matrices on large population registers
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 July 2019 - 30 June 2020
The interdisciplinary research network for working life and ageing (IDEAR)
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 July 2019 - 30 June 2021
Sick leave among those in paid work aged above 65: cohort studies of the Swedish total population
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 December 2017 - 30 November 2019

Employments

Principal Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-2024

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Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2024

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