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  • An Investigation of Self-reported Health-related Productivity Loss in Office Workers and Associations with Individual and Work-related Factors Using an Employer's Perspective

    Author(s)
    Pereira, Michelle Jessica
    Johnston, Venerina
    Straker, Leon Melville
    Sjogaard, Gisela
    Melloh, Markus
    O'Leary, Shaun Patrick
    Comans, Tracy Anne
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Comans, Tracy
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Objective: Office workers have a high prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions. This can be a significant economic burden due to health-related productivity loss. Individual and work-related factors related to office worker health-related productivity were investigated. Methods: A survey including the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire, which estimated productivity loss, also recorded individual and work-related factors with potential associations with health-related productivity. Muscle function and workstation ergonomics were examined through physical assessments. Linear models investigated the relationships between ...
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    Objective: Office workers have a high prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions. This can be a significant economic burden due to health-related productivity loss. Individual and work-related factors related to office worker health-related productivity were investigated. Methods: A survey including the Health and Work Performance Questionnaire, which estimated productivity loss, also recorded individual and work-related factors with potential associations with health-related productivity. Muscle function and workstation ergonomics were examined through physical assessments. Linear models investigated the relationships between these factors and health-related productivity. Results: Significant factors identified were occupational category (0.001 < P < 0.050), job satisfaction (P < 0.001), psychological wellbeing (P = 0.031), and musculoskeletal pain (P = 0.023). Health-related productivity loss was greater in office workers working as managers, with lower job satisfaction and psychological wellbeing, and those with musculoskeletal pain. Conclusion: Office worker health-related productivity loss is represented by a combination of both individual and work-related factors.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
    Volume
    59
    Issue
    7
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001043
    Subject
    Human resources and industrial relations
    Nursing
    Health services and systems
    Public health
    Injury prevention
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/352175
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