Exhaustion and Impaired Work Performance in the Workplace: Associations With Presenteeism and Absenteeism. Issue 11 (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aboagye, Emmanuel; Björklund, Christina; Gustafsson, Klas; Hagberg, Jan; Aronsson, Gunnar; Marklund, Staffan; Leineweber, Constanze; Bergström, Gunnar
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 61:Issue 11(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: absenteeism -- exhaustion -- presenteeism -- productivity loss -- psychological well-being -- work performance; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001701
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between presenteeism and absenteeism during the previous year and the current levels of exhaustion and impaired work performance in a Swedish university setting. Methods: In a study of 3525 employees, an ordinal logistic regression and general linear model was used to examine the association between presenteeism and absenteeism during the previous year and the current exhaustion and impaired work performance, respectively. Results: Presenteeism, but not absenteeism, during the previous year independently increased the risk of having moderate or severe exhaustion. Presenteeism, absenteeism, and exhaustion remained positively associated with impaired work performance when health status and other confounders had been adjusted for. Conclusions: Presenteeism, but not absenteeism, was associated with exhaustion. Both presenteeism and absenteeism were the salient correlates of impaired work performance.