Health-promoting work schedules: protocol for a large-scale cluster randomised controlled trial on the effects of a work schedule without quick returns on sickness absence among healthcare workers

• Bjørn Bjorvatn,
• Ståle Pallesen,
• Siri Waage,
• Erling Svensen,
• Morten Nielsen,
• Anette Harris,
• Øystein Vedaa,
• Stein Atle Lie,
• Ingebjørg Louise Rockwell Djupedal

Affiliations

Bjørn Bjorvatn

Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Ståle Pallesen

University of Bergen Faculty of Social Sciences, Bergen, Norway

Siri Waage

4 Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Erling Svensen

7 Haukeland Universitetssjukehus, Bergen, Norway

Morten Nielsen

Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark

Anette Harris

1 Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Øystein Vedaa

Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Stein Atle Lie

2The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Ingebjørg Louise Rockwell Djupedal

Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway