This study examined the loss of productivity and health risk status associated with employees who provide care for an ill dependent. A total of 16,651 employees (23% response rate) of a major financial services company completed a confidential Health Risk Appraisal (HRA) that included an eight-item version of the Work Limitations Questionnaire and a self-report of time missed from work during t...

abstract background and objectives: quality of working life (qwl) is an important issue and examination of the spects that can affect it causes promotion of individual and organizational productivity. this study was conducted to investigate correlation between health correlates and the qwl in the emloyees of the islamic azad university, lahijan branch. methods: this descriptive-correlational st...

INTRODUCTION Binge drinking is a leading cause of preventable death and results in employee absenteeism and lost productivity. Knowledge about the prevalence of binge drinking among employees of different occupations is limited. METHODS We assessed the prevalence of binge drinking (i.e., consuming five or more drinks per occasion during the previous 30 days) by primary occupation using data f...

PURPOSE This study examined issues related to using older workers in frontline jobs in long-term care from employers' and prospective employees' perspectives. DESIGN AND METHODS Telephone surveys were conducted with employers representing 615 nursing homes and 410 home health agencies, and 1,091 low-income participants aged 40+ in Operation ABLE employment and training organizations. A total ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of a preventive coaching intervention on sickness absence due to psychosocial health complaints and on general well being of employees. METHODS Employees at risk for sickness absence were identified and randomized. The intervention group received the preventive coaching program; the control group received usual care. Primary outcome measure of the trial i...

BACKGROUND Mental health problems often lead to prolonged sick leave. In primary care, the usual approach towards these patients was the advice to take rest and not return to work before all complaints had disappeared. When complaints persist, these patients are often referred to psychologists from primary and specialized secondary care. As an alternative, ways have been sought to activate the ...

BACKGROUND There is a lack of information on positive work factors among health care workers. OBJECTIVE To explore salutogenic work-related factors among primary health care employees. METHOD Questionnaire to all employees (n = 599) from different professions in public and private primary health care centers in one health care district in Sweden. The questionnaire, which had a salutogenic p...

introduction: the use of new technologies has created much concern about privacy and security of health information. as regards health care workers are the main users of hospital information system aiming to improve the quality of care, this study as aimed to evaluate employee's perspective towards electronic health information security.   methods: this descriptive study was performed on 400 wo...