In our study, temporary work modifications can be prescribed for a maximum of 1 month per visit and for a maximum of 3 months per illness spell.
A serious illness can spell financial ruin for an entire family.
The sickness absence spells only comprised the respondents' absence due to illness and any absence for example due to caring a sick child was excluded.
Dichotomous variables were derived for psychiatric sickness absence spells (0 spells, ≥1 spells) and for nonpsychiatric sickness absence spells (0 spells, ≥1 spells).
According to one hypothesis, sickness absence spells may be a strong predictor of mortality because they capture a wide range of illnesses that employees experience.
She kept teaching despite ongoing spells of illness, writing books and publishing essays in magazines like The Atlantic Monthly on the side.
She was a powerful matriarch, but she had "spells" of illness over the years, her granddaughter remembered, disappearing into the tower at her grand Cumberland home and not coming out for meals.
The statement continued: "Over the past few years, Patrick, an inspiration to generations of astronomers, fought his way back from many serious spells of illness and continued to work and write at a great rate, but this time his body was too weak to overcome the infection which set in a few weeks ago.
It is also influenced by enabling factors, such as the availability of health facilities, the accessibility to health services, the quality of services, and costs as well as the characteristics of disorder (intensity of illness and number of spells) [ 4- 11].
A factory closing, a spell of illness and life unravels when income is modest, a theme often explored by Loach, who is now 80.
