Abstract:
:We aimed to determine the economic impact of absenteeism and presenteeism from five conditions potentially comorbid with depressive symptoms-back or neck disorders, depression, anxiety, or emotional disorders, chronic headaches, stomach or bowel disorders, and insomnia-among Japanese workers aged 18-59 yr. Participants from 19 workplaces anonymously completed Stanford Presenteeism Scale questionnaires. Participants identified one primary health condition and determined the resultant performance loss (0-100%) over the previous 4-wk period. We estimated the wage loss by gender, using 10-yr age bands. A total of 6,777 participants undertook the study. Of these, we extracted the data for those in the 18-59 yr age band who chose targeted primary health conditions (males, 2,535; females 2,465). The primary health condition identified was back or neck disorders. We found that wage loss due to presenteeism and absenteeism per 100 workers across all 10-yr age bands was high for back or neck disorders. Wage loss per person was relatively high among those identifying depression, anxiety, or emotional disorders. These findings offer insight into developing strategies for workplace interventions on increasing work performance.
journal_name
Ind Healthjournal_title
Industrial healthauthors
Wada K,Arakida M,Watanabe R,Negishi M,Sato J,Tsutsumi Adoi
10.2486/indhealth.2013-0016subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-01-01 00:00:00pages
482-9issue
5eissn
0019-8366issn
1880-8026pii
DN/JST.JSTAGE/indhealth/2013-0016journal_volume
51pub_type
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