Access to health programs at the workplace and the reduction of work presenteeism: a population-based cross-sectional
Arnaldo Sanchez Bustillos1, Oswaldo Ortiz Trigoso
1From the School of Population and Public Health (Dr Bustillos), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Occupational Medicine Postgraduate Program (Dr Trigoso), Faculty of Medicine, Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru.
Objective:
To examine access to health programs at workplace as a determinant of presenteeism among adults.
Methods:
Data source was a subsample of the 2009-2010 Canadian Community Health Survey. The outcome was self-reported reduced activities at work (presenteeism). The explanatory variable was self-reported access to a health program at workplace. Logistic regression was used to measure the association between outcome and explanatory variables adjusting for potential confounders.
Results:
Adjusting for sex, age, education, income, work stress, and chronic conditions, presenteeism was not associated with having access to a health program at workplace (adjusted odds ratio, 1.23; 95% confidence interval, 0.91 to 1.65). The odds of presenteeism were higher in workers who reported high work stress and those with chronic medical conditions.
Conclusions:
This study found that access to health programs at workplace is not significantly associated with a decline in presenteeism.
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