Twinstudies on health conditions and sickness absence – Pia Svedberg's research group

Research within the group is primarily concentrated on sickness absence studies. The studies are mainly based on data from twins and data from a number of national registers that have been linked to these to understand how genes and environment influence health, behavior and sickness absence.

Part of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience

In the group, we carry out quantitative genetic studies - that is, try to evaluate the relative importance of genes and environment for sickness absence (sick leave and disability pension) - and cotwin-control studies, where the significance of exposures to the outcomes is evaluated after controlling for genetic predisposition. The research is multidisciplinary and includes medical, genetic, epidemiological, and psychological research questions.

 

Research Projects

1. STODS: the Swedish Twin project Of Disability pension and Sickness absence

2. A twin study of factors associated with burnout

3. Stress-related sickness absence: the importance of total workload and part time work and the effect on stress hormones

4. Shift work, sleep, morbidity and mortality

5. Sustainable working life: early determinants and later predictors (SustWork)

6. Mental health during emerging adulthood and sickness absence among employees in private and public sectors

7. Pain, common mental disorders, and work incapacity

Publications

Selected publications

Staff and contact

Group leader

All members of the group

Keywords:
Occupational Health and Environmental Health Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology) Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
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Content reviewer:
Pia Svedberg
Ann Hagerborn
24-09-2024