Trouble Sleeping Associated With Lower Work Performance and Greater Health Care Costs: Longitudinal Data From Kansas State Employee Wellness Program
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationships between employees' trouble sleeping and absenteeism, work performance, and health care expenditures over a 2-year period. METHODS: Utilizing the Kansas State employee wellness program (EWP) data set from 2008 to 2009, multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted with trouble sleeping as the predictor and absenteeism, work performance, and health care costs as the outcomes. RESULTS: EWP participants (N = 11,698 in 2008; 5636 followed up in 2009) who had higher levels of sleep disturbance were more likely to be absent from work (all P < 0.0005), have lower work performance ratings (all P < 0.0005), and have higher health care costs (P < 0.0005). Longitudinally, more trouble sleeping was significantly related to negative changes in all outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Employees' trouble sleeping, even at a subclinical level, negatively impacts on work attendance, work performance, and health care costs.
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Worsening sleep longitudinally predicts worsening work performance over time.
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Self-reported poor sleep quality is associated with decreased work performance.
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- Authors
- Hui, S.-K. A., & Grandner, M. A.
- Affiliations
- Fox Chase Cancer Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hui, Siu-kuen Azor
- Venue
- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
- Published
- 2015-10
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1031-1038
- ISSN
- 1076-2752 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4610176
- OpenAlex
- W2421769296
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- 92
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- FWCI
- 8.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K23HL110216)
- National Cancer Institute (R03CA159903)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R21ES022931)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Keywords
- sleep disorders, absenteeism, employee performance, health care costs, employee wellness programs, employee health, longitudinal outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Absenteeism, Work Performance, Adult, Aged, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Kansas, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Sleep Wake Disorders, Linear Models, Logistic Models, Occupational Health, Health Care Costs, Self Report
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