Lost time, absence costs, and reduced productivity output for employees with bipolar disorder.
Autor: | Kleinman NL; HCMS Group, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001, USA. nathan_kleinman@hcmsgroup.com, Brook RA, Rajagopalan K, Gardner HH, Brizee TJ, Smeeding JE |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine [J Occup Environ Med] 2005 Nov; Vol. 47 (11), pp. 1117-24. |
DOI: | 10.1097/01.jom.0000177048.34506.fc |
Abstrakt: | Objective: We sought to evaluate the incremental health-related lost work time and at-work productivity loss for employees with bipolar disorder (BPD). Methods: Health-related absence and real productivity output of employees with BPD were compared with that of non-BPD and other employee cohorts from a large employer database using multivariate regression to control for cohort differences. Results: After adjusting for confounding factors, employees with BPD had significantly higher absence costs (1,219 dollars) and 11.5 additional lost days (P<0.05) per year than those without BPD. Adjusted annual productivity output was 20% lower for the BPD group (P<0.05). Conclusions: Employees with BPD are less likely to be present for work. When present, their productivity level is similar to that of other employees, but over the course of a year, their absence rates result in significant productivity losses. |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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