Physical activity and unplanned illness-related work absenteeism: Data from an employee wellness program.

Autor: Losina E; Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Policy and Innovation eValuation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Yang HY; Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Policy and Innovation eValuation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Deshpande BR; Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Policy and Innovation eValuation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Katz JN; Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Policy and Innovation eValuation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Collins JE; Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Policy and Innovation eValuation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2017 May 04; Vol. 12 (5), pp. e0176872. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 May 04 (Print Publication: 2017).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176872
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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