Dubravko Habek, Tatjana Dujaković, Jasna Cerkez Habek, Ivana Jurković
TWENTY-THREE-YEAR LONG-TERM HEALTH OUTCOME AFTER THE WAR IN VUKOVAR
Acta clinica Croatica
several studies found higher sickness absence shared open workspaces private offices little known differences occur propose test job control potential mechanism underlying observed differences risk physiciancertified sickness absence private offices shared open workspaces conducted counterfactual mediation analysis using observational survey data nationally representative sample norwegian employees merged prospective data national registries n5512 registry data included information whether participants physiciancertified sickness absence year following survey models adjusted age sex education level occupation group executiveleadership responsibility time spent office work found significantly higher sickness absence risk conventional risk ratio rr 112 95 confidence interval ci 101125 nonterritorial rr 120 95 104137 openplan nonterritorial sharedroom offices rr 129 95 ci 113148 compared private offices natural indirect effects due job control statistically significant contrasts accounted 1934 total effects depending contrast findings line hypothesized relationships suggest job control may mechanism underlying observed differences sickness absence across office concepts future studies continue explore potential mechanisms linking shared open workspaces higher sickness absence unfavorable outcomes workplace particularly study designs provide stronger basis causal inference