Effects of Presenteeism in Chronic Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders: Stay at Work is Validated

Abstract

Both employees and employers will benefit if the ill or injured employee stays at work postinjury in lieu of short- or long-term disability.

Factors promoting staying at work in people with chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review

“…Although presenteeism was one of the search terms in this review, all studies reporting on presenteeism in CMP were excluded because the subjects in these studies had significant sick leave and therefore did not satisfy the inclusion criteria for this review. Literature on presenteeism does indicate that production loss caused by presenteeism could exceed production loss caused by absenteeism [5,27,68]. It is possible that people who stay at work have low work productivity: SAW does not automatically mean work participation with sustained productive capacity.…”

“…Secondly, in our review, we defined SAW as sustained work participation despite CMP for at least 12 months, without present sick leave. Two studies were excluded because the defined working group was sick listed considerably and therefore did not satisfy this criterion [27,66]. We also included studies with negative work-related outcome measures, such as work loss or incapacity [48,50].…”

“…#1 CINAHL heading terms and free text words related to work (MH "Work") or (MH "Occupations and Professions") or (MH "Employment+") or (MH "Absenteeism") or (MH "Sick Leave") or (MH "Occupational Health") OR TI ("sickness absence" OR "work status" OR "occupational status" OR "work ability" OR "work disability" OR "work attendance" OR "work performance" OR "occupationally active" OR "job retention" OR "work capacity" OR presenteeism OR "job status" OR "vocational status" OR "vocational rehabilitation" OR "employment status" OR occupation OR absenteeism OR employment OR "sick leave" OR "occupational health" OR "occupational ability" OR "stay at work" OR "return to work" OR "work participation") or AB ("sickness absence" OR "work status" OR "occupational status" OR "work ability" OR "work disability" OR "work attendance" OR "work performance" OR "occupationally active" OR "job retention" OR "work capacity" OR presenteeism OR "job status" OR "vocational status" OR "vocational rehabilitation" OR "employment status" OR occupation OR absenteeism OR employment OR "sick leave" OR "occupational health" OR "occupational ability" OR "stay at work" OR "return to work" OR "work participation") #2 CINAHL heading terms and free text words related to pain (MH "Chronic Pain") or (MH "Back Pain") or (MH "Neck Pain") or (MH "Shoulder Pain") or (MH "Pelvic Pain") or "widespread pain" OR "musculoskeletal pain" OR "work related pain") #3 #1 AND #2 #4 #3 AND Age Groups: Young Adulthood (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29) MeSH descriptor Pain explode all trees #19 (#17 AND #18) #20 "sickness absence" OR "work status" OR "occupational status" OR "work ability" OR "work disability" OR "work attendance" OR "work performance" OR "occupationally active" OR "job retention" OR "work capacity" OR presenteeism OR "job status" OR "stay at work" OR "occupational ability" OR "vocational status" OR "vocational rehabilitation" OR "employment status" OR "return to work" OR "Work participation" OR "Occupation" OR "Absenteeism" OR "Employment" OR "Sick Leave" OR "Occupational Health":ti,ab,kw #21 "Back Pain" OR "Neck Pain" OR "Shoulder Pain" OR "Pelvic Pain" OR Fibromyalgia OR Whiplash OR Tendinopathy OR "Musculoskeletal pain" OR "Myofascial Pain" OR "Joint Instability" OR "Cumulative Trauma Disorder" OR "repetitive strain injury" OR (complaints AND (arm OR neck OR shoulder)) OR "chronic pain" OR "widespread pain" OR "work related pain":ti,ab,kw #22 (#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #19 OR #21) #23 (#11OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #20) #24 (#22 AND #23) Box 1. Criteria for assigning grade of evidence.…”

“…Several terms are used for working with pain, such as staying at work (SAW) [26,27], remaining or continuing a work role [28], working despite pain [29][30][31], continuing work with pain [32,33], remaining in employment [34], work maintenance [35], staying on the job [36], retaining work [26] and keeping on working [37]. For the purpose of this review, SAW was defined as sustained work participation despite CMP for at least 1 year, without present sick leave due to CMP.…”

For the sake of linguistic and scientific appropriatness - How to translate presenteeism into Polish?

“…W ten sposób można bowiem uniknąć błędu utożsamiania zjawiska obecności w pracy mimo choroby z jego skutkiem (dodajmy, że jednym z wielu możliwych) w postaci obniżenia poziomu produktywności. Warto zauważyć, że obecność w pracy mimo choroby czy problemów zdrowotnych może mieć rów-nież pozytywne skutki [8]. Nieuprawniona wydaje się więc nadmierna pejoratywizacja prezentyzmu poprzez ograniczanie go do obniżenia produktywności.…”