Association among Working Hours, Occupational Stress, and Presenteeism among Wage Workers: Results from the Second
Sung-Hwan Jeon, Jong-Han Leem, Shin-Goo Park
1Department of Occupational and Environment Medicine, School of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea. carpediem@inha.ac.kr.
Objectives:
The purpose of the present study was to identify the association between presenteeism and long working hours, shiftwork, and occupational stress using representative national survey data on Korean workers.
Methods:
We analyzed data from the second Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS), which was conducted in 2010, in which a total of 6,220 wage workers were analyzed. The study population included the economically active population aged above 15 years, and living in the Republic of Korea. We used the chi-squared test and multivariate logistic regression to test the statistical association between presenteeism and working hours, shiftwork, and occupational stress.
Results:
Approximately 19% of the workers experienced presenteeism during the previous 12 months. Women had higher rates of presenteeism than men. We found a statistically significant dose-response relationship between working hours and presenteeism. Shift workers had a slightly higher rate of presenteeism than non-shift workers, but the difference was not statistically significant. Occupational stress, such as high job demand, lack of rewards, and inadequate social support, had a significant association with presenteeism.
Conclusions:
The present study suggests that long working hours and occupational stress are significantly related to presenteeism.
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