دورية أكاديمية
Physical activity and unplanned illness-related work absenteeism: Data from an employee wellness program
| العنوان: | Physical activity and unplanned illness-related work absenteeism: Data from an employee wellness program |
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| المؤلفون: | Losina, Elena, Yang, Heidi Y., Deshpande, Bhushan R., Katz, Jeffrey N., Collins, Jamie E. |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| المجموعة: | Harvard University: DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine and Health Sciences, Public and Occupational Health, Physical Activity, Survey Research, Questionnaires, Biology and Life Sciences, Physiology, Physiological Parameters, Body Weight, Body Mass Index, Engineering and Technology, Electronics, Accelerometers, Obesity, Social Sciences, Economics, Finance, Biological Locomotion, Walking, Sociology, Education, Schools |
| الوصف: | Background: Illness-related absenteeism is a major threat to work productivity. Our objective was to assess the relationship between physical activity and unplanned illness-related absenteeism from work. Methods: We implemented physical activity program for sedentary non-clinician employees of a tertiary medical center. Financial rewards were available for reaching accelerometer-measured ambulatory physical activity goals over a 24-week period. We categorized participants into three groups based on mean levels of physical activity: low (0–74 min/week), medium (75–149 min/week) and meeting CDC guidelines (≥150 min/week). We built a multivariable Poisson regression model to evaluate the relationship between physical activity and rates of unplanned illness-related absenteeism. Results: The sample consisted of 292 employees who participated in the program. Their mean age was 38 years (SD 11), 83% were female, and 38% were obese. Over the 24 intervention weeks, participants engaged in a mean of 90 min/week (SD 74) of physical activity and missed a mean of 14 hours of work (SD 38) due to illness. Unplanned absenteeism due to illness was associated with physical activity. As compared to the group meeting CDC guidelines, in multivariable analyses those in the medium physical activity group had a 2.4 (95% CI 1.3–4.5) fold higher rate of illness-related absenteeism and those in the lowest physical activity group had a 3.5 (95% CI 1.7–7.2) fold higher rate of illness-related absenteeism. Discussion Less physical activity was associated with more illness-related absenteeism. Workforce-based interventions to increase physical activity may thus be a promising vehicle to reduce unplanned illness-related absenteeism. ; Version of Record |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5417546/pdfTest/; PLoS ONE; Losina, Elena, Heidi Y. Yang, Bhushan R. Deshpande, Jeffrey N. Katz, and Jamie E. Collins. 2017. “Physical activity and unplanned illness-related work absenteeism: Data from an employee wellness program.” PLoS ONE 12 (5): e0176872. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0176872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176872Test.; http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33030014Test |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0176872 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176872Test http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33030014Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.71BAEC9F |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0176872 |
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