Absenteeism and Presenteeism Associated With Common Health Conditions in Brazilian Workers

Baptista, Marcos C; Burton, Wayne N.; Nahas, Andressa Kutschenko; Wang, Yuan‐Pang; Viana, María Carmen; Andrade, Laura Helena

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“…Our focus on mental health is justified by its significance in terms of population health, as evidenced by the increase in the prevalence of mental disorders related to work, especially the growth of cases of depression [10,11,12], and economic costs due to absenteeism, work dismissal and early retirement [13,14]. For the following reasons we measured work stress by the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model.…”

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Effort-Reward Imbalance, Over-Commitment and Depressive Episodes at Work: Evidence from the ELSA-Brasil Cohort Study

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A growing burden of mental illness, and in particular depression, among workers is a concern of occupational public health. Scientific evidence has revealed consistent associations of work-related stress, as measured by theoretical models, with depression, but mostly so in developed countries. This contribution explores these associations in a developing Latin American country, Brazil, by applying an internationally established work stress model, the effort-reward imbalance (ERI). This model focuses on the work contract where unjust exchange between high efforts spent and low rewards received in turn contributes to stress-related disorders. The model’s extrinsic (‘effort’, ‘reward’) and intrinsic components (‘over-commitment’), as well as their combination, are hypothesized to be related to a higher risk of depressive episodes (DE). Using cross-sectional data from the ELSA-Brasil study, including 10,034 workers from the public sector, we observed increased prevalence ratio (PR) of DE according to ERI scales. The quartiles of highest ‘effort’ (PR = 1.85; 1.44–2.37), highest ‘over-commitment’ (PR = 3.62; 2.80–4.70) and lowest ‘reward’ (PR = 3.44; 2.55–4.64) were associated with DE, on adjusted models, as well was the E–R ratio (PR = 2.47; 1.92–3.17). An additive interaction was identified between the E–R ratio and ‘over-commitment’. The results support the use of ERI as a screening tool for work stress in the Brazilian context and will offer guidance for worksite health promotion programs.

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Effort-Reward Imbalance, Over-Commitment and Depressive Episodes at Work: Evidence from the ELSA-Brasil Cohort Study

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“…Then, presenteeism was calculated as the product of multiplying the percent decrement in the relative worker's performance, and the hours actually worked in the past month. Both absenteeism and presenteeism were presented as the mean days lost per month (Kessler, 2003 Table (2) showed that 61% of the participants were cigarette smokers, and 32% were practicing regular physical activity. The mean Body Mass Index (BMI) was 26.6 kg/m 2 2 .…”

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Association Between Mental Health Distress and Work Productivity: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Introduction: Mental health of workers is an essential determinant of their work productivity and their overall health. Poor mental health contributes meaningfully to a range of chronic physical illnesses such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disorders. Besides, mental health distress can severely impact the ability to work, leading to increased absenteeism and/or presenteeism. Consequently, employers and businesses are negatively affected by poor mental health among their employees due to health problems. Aim of work: To investigate the association between mental health distress and work productivity in terms of absenteeism and presenteeism. Materials and Methods: One-hundred and eighty male shipyard-workers were interviewed using a predesigned questionnaire for sociodemographic characteristics, work characteristics, lifestyle behaviors, perceived health status, and chronic diseases. Mental health distress was measured using the Kessler psychological distress scale (K6), while measures of work productivity (absenteeism and presenteeism) were calculated according to the scoring guide of the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ-short form). Results: The mean age of participants was 48.3 years (± 8.17). Operators Mental illnesses are universally widespread and quite expensive. It is would have a mental health issue, with a lifetime prevalence rate of around 50% (OECD, 2012 andBubonya et al., 2017). Mental illnesses among working adults are costly not only for society but also for families, health systems, individuals, and employers (Memish et al. 2017). In England, the overall economic costs of mental illnesses reported to be £105.2 billion (Centre for Mental Health, 2010), while in the United States, severe mental illness is correlated with a gross annual earnings 2008). For employers, mental health problems are amongst the top 10 health conditions that induce health-related costs .Poor mental health accounts for a substantial decline in employees' work productivity . Work productivity has two key components; absenteeism (i.e., not attending work (i.e., attending work but not being well enough to work up to normal standards) (Sanderson et al., 2003; and OECD, 2012). However, recent literature demonstrates that presenteeism accounts for the most considerable productivity loss due to mental illness (The Sainsbury Centre for Mental health, 2007). The concern and service-workers constituted 73.3% of all participants, while professionals and administrative workers represented 16.7% and 10%, respectively. Eight workers (4.4%) had high mental health distress, while 12.2% had moderate distress. The mean days moderate or high mental distress compared to low distress (p<0.001). Further, within the mean absenteeism days. Moderate and high mental distresses were associated with distress. Conclusion: Mental health distress is associated with both higher absence and presenteeism rates. Effective workplace policies for mental health promotion and case management could yield substantial increases in worker'...

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“…Health and socioeconomic factors linked to chronic health conditions are critical in influencing workplace productivity and workplace health. Low productivity due to sickness includes the degree of failure to be completely excluded from the role undertaken (temporary interruption of work) (absenteeism) and the inability to demonstrate the usual workforce and performance in the work process (presenteeism) (Baptista et al, 2019;Wee et al, 2019).…”

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“…Chronic diseases (physical and mental) cause individuals to be unable to play their roles and disrupt society's ability to live in optimal health and pose a burden to society (Ejebu & Skåtun, 2018). Losses in health status due to chronic diseases adversely affect governments, companies and other organizations and lead them to take precaution (Baptista et al, 2019).…”

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How Much Do Chronic Diseases Affect Absenteeism?

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Bu çalışmanın amacı kronik hastalıkların ve sosyo-demografik faktörlerin işe devamsızlık üzerindeki etkilerini belirlemektir. Kronik hastalığa ait verilerin ve sosyo-demografik değişkenlerin devamsızlığı etkileme derecesini tespit etmek için üç model kurulmuştur. Modellerin analizinde Binary Logit Regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Analizde kullanılan değişkenler 2016 yılına ait "TÜİK Sağlık Araştırması" mikro veri setinden elde edilmiştir. Kişide kroner kalp hastalığının varlığı, inme-felç hastalığı, bel ve boyun bölgesi problemleri, alerji ve böbrek hastalığının işe devamsızlığı arttırdığı belirlenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre kronik hastalıkların ve sosyo-demografik değişkenlerin hastalık devamsızlığında etkili olduğu belirlenmiştir.

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Absenteeism and Presenteeism Associated With Common Health Conditions in Brazilian Workers

Cited by 12 publications

References 79 publications

Effort-Reward Imbalance, Over-Commitment and Depressive Episodes at Work: Evidence from the ELSA-Brasil Cohort Study

Effort-Reward Imbalance, Over-Commitment and Depressive Episodes at Work: Evidence from the ELSA-Brasil Cohort Study

Association Between Mental Health Distress and Work Productivity: A Cross-Sectional Study

How Much Do Chronic Diseases Affect Absenteeism?

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