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This study aims to investigate patterns of sick leave before and after TIA in working-age adults compared with matched general population controls.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This register-based cohort study included all individuals aged \u226466 years treated for TIA in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 2014 and 2019, and age- and sex-matched general population controls (4:1). Data from national registers were used to assess sick leave the year before and after the index event. Logistic regression was used to model associations of sick leave after TIA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>347 individuals with TIA (median age 59 years; 40.6% women) and 1,388 controls were included. Individuals with TIA had more days on sick leave than controls during the year before the event (mean 26 [SD 78] vs. 14 [SD 55], p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and increased by 39 days during the year after TIA compared with the year before (95% CI 28\u201350 days, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). The number of individuals on sick leave peaked 14 days after TIA (35.7% vs. 3.4% controls) and remained elevated at 1 year (11.5% vs. 3.8%). The most common registered sick-leave diagnoses 14 days after the event were TIA (43%), stroke (12%), and mental health conditions (13%). Higher income (middle tertile: adjusted OR 2.54, 95% CI 1.22\u20135.29; highest: 2.11, 1.03\u20134.34) and employment (adjusted OR 3.11, 1.23\u20137.88) were associated with sick leave at 14 days.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Over one-third of working-age adults were on sick leave 2 weeks after TIA, and one in ten remained on benefit after one year. 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