Journal article
Employment status matters: a statewide survey of quality-of-life, prevention behaviors, and absenteeism and presenteeism
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.56(7), pp.686-698
07/2014
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000149
PMID: 24988095
Abstract
To estimate quality-of-life (QoL), primary care, health insurance, prevention behaviors, absenteeism, and presenteeism in a statewide sample of the unemployed, self-employed, and organizationally employed.
A statewide survey of 1602 Iowans included items from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention QoL and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey prevention behavior questionnaires used to assess employee well-being; their indicator results are related to World Health Organization's Health and Work Performance Questionnaire-derived absenteeism and presenteeism scores.
The unemployed exhibited poorer QoL and prevention behaviors; the self-employed exhibited many better QoL scores due largely to better prevention behaviors than those employed by organizations. Higher QoL measures and more prevention behaviors are associated with lower absenteeism and lower presenteeism.
Employment status is related to measures of well-being, which are also associated with absenteeism and presenteeism.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Employment status matters: a statewide survey of quality-of-life, prevention behaviors, and absenteeism and presenteeism
- Creators
- James A Merchant - From the Healthier Workforce Center for Excellence, University of Iowa, Iowa CityKevin M KellyLeon F BurmeisterMatt J LozierAlison AmendolaDavid P LindArlinda KcKeenTom SlaterJennifer L HallDiane S RohlmanBrenda S Buikema
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.56(7), pp.686-698
- DOI
- 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000149
- PMID
- 24988095
- NLM abbreviation
- J Occup Environ Med
- ISSN
- 1076-2752
- eISSN
- 1536-5948
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- U19 OH008868 / NIOSH CDC HHS 5U19OH008868 / NIOSH CDC HHS
- Comment
- Test development: Real Iowans Health Survey Questionnaire
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2014
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology; Occupational and Environmental Health; International Programs; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983997484602771
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