Chronic medical conditions and work performance in the health and work performance questionnaire calibration surveys
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Associations between chronic conditions and work performance (absenteeism, presenteeism, and critical incidents) were studied in reservation agents, customer service representatives, executives, and railroad engineers. Conditions and work performance were assessed with the World Health Organization's Health and Work Performance Questionnaire. Analysis of covariance was used to estimate associations. More work performance was lost from presenteeism than absenteeism. However, chronic conditions more consistently had negative impacts on absenteeism than presenteeism. Conditions with significant effects included arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-emphysema, depression, and chronic headaches. Arthritis had the largest aggregate effect on absenteeism-presenteeism. Only depression affected both absenteeism-presenteeism and critical incidents. Some chronic conditions have substantial workplace effects. Disease management programs for these conditions might have a positive return on investment (ROI). Health and productivity tracking surveys are needed to evaluate ROI and provide quality assurance.
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Major depressive disorder is associated with among the highest number of days out of role at the societal level of any physical or mental disorder; in the WMH surveys, it accounted for 5.1% of all days out of role, the fourth highest population attributable risk proportion and by far the largest among mental disorders.
“These studies typically find that MDD is associated with among the highest number of days out of role at the societal level of any physical or mental disorder due to its combination of comparatively high prevalence and comparatively strong individual-level association.60–62 In the WMH surveys, for example, 62,971 respondents across 24 countries were assessed for a wide range of common physical and”
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- Authors
- Wang, P. S., Beck, A., Berglund, P., Leutzinger, J. A., Pronk, N., Richling, D., Schenk, T. W., Simon, G., Stang, P., Ustun, T. B., & Kessler, R. C.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Philip S.
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- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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- 2003-12
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1303-1311
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- 16.29
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- en
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- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- National Institutes of Health (2k05mh000507-13, 5k01mh001651-04)
- National Institute of Mental Health (K05 MH 00507, K01 MH01651)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
- Keywords
- chronic disease, employee performance, absenteeism, presenteeism, critical incidents, arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depression, chronic headache, railway engineers, customer service employees, disease management programs, return on investment
- MeSH terms
- Absenteeism, Adult, Calibration, Chronic Disease, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, World Health Organization, Prevalence, Efficiency, Organizational
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