Presenteeism and associated factors in industry workers

Abstract Introduction: presenteeism can be defined as being at work despite perceiving limitations, physical or psychological, which can reduce the work ability. Objectives: to estimate presenteeism prevalence and its association with socio-demographic characteristics, life styles, work and interpersonal relational aspects and general health conditions in industry workers in Bahia, Brazil. Methods: presenteeism was measured by the sum of positive responses to questions about lack of motivation, lack of concentration, and indisposition or discouragement to work, along with negative absenteeism. In the multivariate analysis, we used the Poisson model with robust variance to estimate the associations magnitude by means of the prevalence ratio. Results: among the 2,093 workers whose data were analyzed, be under 30 years of age, having higher education, feel pain, having poor sleep quality, feeling stressed and experiencing negative feelings about life were associated with higher prevalence of presenteeism. Conclusion: presenteeism can lead to a progressive worsening of the worker’s health, so early identification and promoting interventions to reduce its determinants is a challenge for organizations.

摘要与引言：出勤主义（presenteeism）可被定义为个体尽管存在躯体或心理层面的功能受限，仍坚持出勤工作的状态，该状态会降低个体的工作能力。研究目标：估算巴西巴伊亚州产业工人的出勤主义患病率，及其与社会人口学特征、生活方式、工作与人际互动相关因素，以及整体健康状况之间的关联。研究方法：通过对缺乏工作动力、注意力难以集中、身体不适或工作倦怠相关问题的阳性应答数量，结合负向缺勤情况，来衡量出勤主义水平。多变量分析中，本研究采用稳健方差泊松模型，以患病率比来估算关联强度。研究结果：在纳入分析的2093名工人中，年龄低于30岁、拥有高等教育学历、存在疼痛症状、睡眠质量不佳、感受到压力以及对生活持有消极情绪的群体，其出勤主义患病率更高。研究结论：出勤主义可导致劳动者健康状况进行性恶化，因此早期识别并开展干预以降低其影响因素，是各类组织面临的一项挑战。