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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1578-2549</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Arch Prev Riesgos Labor]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1578-2549</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Societat Catalana de Salut Laboral y Asociación de Medicina del Trabajo de la Comunidad Valenciana]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
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<article-id>S1578-25492018000200080</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12961/aprl.2018.21.02.3</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Relación entre las tasas de desempleo y los indicadores de absentismo por incapacidad temporal durante periodos de crisis económica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The relationship between unemployment rates and lost work time due to sickness absence in an economic recession]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ballesteros Polo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mónica]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sampere Valero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maite]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sacristán Nieto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rosa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alguacil Garcí]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sara]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz Julian]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santos Avila]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elisabeth]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Rubia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silvia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López Costa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bibiana]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,MC Mutual  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barcelona ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>21</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>80</fpage>
<lpage>84</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1578-25492018000200080&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1578-25492018000200080&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1578-25492018000200080&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Introducción: Estudios realizados en varios países presentan una relación inversa entre las tasas de desempleo (TD) y los indicadores de absentismo por incapacidad temporal (IT) durante periodos de crisis económica.  Objetivo. Evaluar la relación entre indicadores de absentismo y el desempleo en España (2009-2015).  Métodos: Se obtuvieron tasas de incidencia (TI) y absentismo (TA) por IT de origen común (ITcc) a partir de datos de la Seguridad Social, así como las TD según datos del Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Se describió gráficamente la evolución temporal de los indicadores de ITcc y el desempleo en el periodo 2009-2015. Para explorar dicha relación también se realizaron gráficos de dispersión de los indicadores frente a las TD. Posteriormente, se ajustaron modelos de regresión lineal simple.  Resultados: Las TI y TA descienden en 2009-2013 (TI 2009=28,07%, TI 2013=20,41%, TA 2009= 2,53%, TA 2013=1,86%) momento en que cambia su tendencia, iniciando una fase ascendente hasta 2015 (TI 2015=22,52%, TA 2015=2,12%). La TD asciende en 2009-2013 (TD 2009=17,86%, TD 2013=26,10%), pasando a descender hasta 2015 (TD 2015=22,06%). Las TD y los indicadores de absentismo presentan una relación lineal inversa .  Conclusiones: Se observó una relación inversa entre el desempleo y los indicadores de absentismo en España. Son necesarios estudios específicos para poder evaluar hipótesis explicativas como las asociadas a los efectos de disciplina, selección y/o cambios en la fuerza de trabajo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Introduction: Different countries have shown an inverse relationship between unemployment rates (UR) and indicators of sickness absence during periods of economic recession.  Objective: To evaluate the relationship between indicators of sickness absence and unemployment in Spain during 2009-2015.  Methods: We obtained incidence and absenteeism rates of non-work related sickness absence (NWSA) from Social Security data, and UR from the National Institute of Statistics. The relationship between indicators of NWSA and UR in the period 2009 to 2015 was graphically described using time trend plots. Scatter plots of NWSA indicators were also made against UR. Finally, we fitted linear regression models.  Results: Incidence (IR) and absenteeism rates (AR) of NWSA showed downward trends in 2009-2013 (IR 2009 = 28.07%, IR 2013 = 20.41%; AR 2009 = 2.53% and AR 2013 = 1.86%), changing to an upward trend up to 2015 (IR 2015=22.52%, AR 2015=2.12%). Unemployment rates trended upward in 2009-2013 (UR 2009 = 17.86%, UR 2013 = 26.10%), and then changed to a downward trend through 2015 (UR 2015=22.06%). There was an inverse relationship between UR and NWSA indicators.  Conclusions:  As in previous international studies, we found an inverse relationship between unemployment rates and indicators of sickness absence in Spain. More detailed studies are needed to evaluate explanatory hypotheses, such as those associated with the effects of discipline, selection and/or changes in the workforce.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Incapacidad Temporal]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Absentismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Recesión Económica]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Absenteeism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Economic Recession]]></kwd>
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