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The relationship between fatigue and sickness absence from work
BACKGROUND: Although many studies have been conducted on worker fatigue and sickness absence, the association between fatigue and sickness absence is unclear in Korean workers. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of worker fatigue on future sickness absence. METHODS: The study was con...
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Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10493375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37701492 http://dx.doi.org/10.35371/aoem.2023.35.e32 |
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author | Kim, Minsun Kim, Jiho Yang, SeongCheol Lee, Dong-Wook Park, Shin-Goo Leem, Jong-Han Kim, Hwan-Cheol |
author_facet | Kim, Minsun Kim, Jiho Yang, SeongCheol Lee, Dong-Wook Park, Shin-Goo Leem, Jong-Han Kim, Hwan-Cheol |
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description | BACKGROUND: Although many studies have been conducted on worker fatigue and sickness absence, the association between fatigue and sickness absence is unclear in Korean workers. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of worker fatigue on future sickness absence. METHODS: The study was conducted on workers who received medical check-ups at a university hospital for two consecutive years (2014–2015). During check-ups in the first year, the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) was used to assess fatigue levels, and during check-ups in the second year, sickness absence was surveyed to determine whether they had been absent from work due to physical or mental illness during previous 12 months. The χ(2) test was used to analyze relationships between sociodemographic and occupational characteristics, fatigue levels, and sickness absence. Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated by logistic regression analysis controlled for confounding factors. RESULTS: A total of 12,250 workers were included in the study, and 396 (3.2%) workers experienced more than one day of sickness absence during the study period. Adjusted ORs for sickness absence were 3.35 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.64–4.28) in the moderate-fatigue group and 6.87 (95% CI: 4.93–9.57) in the high-fatigue group versus the low-fatigue group. For men in the moderate- and high-fatigue groups, adjusted ORs for sickness absence were 3.40 (95% CI: 2.58–4.48) and 8.94 (95% CI: 6.12–13.07), and for women in the moderate- and high-fatigue groups, adjusted ORs for sickness absence were 2.93 (95% CI: 1.68–5.10) and 3.71 (95% CI: 1.84–7.49), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Worker fatigue is associated with sickness absence during the following 12 months, and this association appears to be stronger for men than women. These results support the notion that sickness absence can be reduced by evaluating and managing work-related fatigue. |
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spelling | pubmed-104933752023-09-12 The relationship between fatigue and sickness absence from work Kim, Minsun Kim, Jiho Yang, SeongCheol Lee, Dong-Wook Park, Shin-Goo Leem, Jong-Han Kim, Hwan-Cheol Ann Occup Environ Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Although many studies have been conducted on worker fatigue and sickness absence, the association between fatigue and sickness absence is unclear in Korean workers. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of worker fatigue on future sickness absence. METHODS: The study was conducted on workers who received medical check-ups at a university hospital for two consecutive years (2014–2015). During check-ups in the first year, the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) was used to assess fatigue levels, and during check-ups in the second year, sickness absence was surveyed to determine whether they had been absent from work due to physical or mental illness during previous 12 months. The χ(2) test was used to analyze relationships between sociodemographic and occupational characteristics, fatigue levels, and sickness absence. Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated by logistic regression analysis controlled for confounding factors. RESULTS: A total of 12,250 workers were included in the study, and 396 (3.2%) workers experienced more than one day of sickness absence during the study period. Adjusted ORs for sickness absence were 3.35 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.64–4.28) in the moderate-fatigue group and 6.87 (95% CI: 4.93–9.57) in the high-fatigue group versus the low-fatigue group. For men in the moderate- and high-fatigue groups, adjusted ORs for sickness absence were 3.40 (95% CI: 2.58–4.48) and 8.94 (95% CI: 6.12–13.07), and for women in the moderate- and high-fatigue groups, adjusted ORs for sickness absence were 2.93 (95% CI: 1.68–5.10) and 3.71 (95% CI: 1.84–7.49), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Worker fatigue is associated with sickness absence during the following 12 months, and this association appears to be stronger for men than women. These results support the notion that sickness absence can be reduced by evaluating and managing work-related fatigue. Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine 2023-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10493375/ /pubmed/37701492 http://dx.doi.org/10.35371/aoem.2023.35.e32 Text en Copyright © 2023 Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kim, Minsun Kim, Jiho Yang, SeongCheol Lee, Dong-Wook Park, Shin-Goo Leem, Jong-Han Kim, Hwan-Cheol The relationship between fatigue and sickness absence from work |
title | The relationship between fatigue and sickness absence from work |
title_full | The relationship between fatigue and sickness absence from work |
title_fullStr | The relationship between fatigue and sickness absence from work |
title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between fatigue and sickness absence from work |
title_short | The relationship between fatigue and sickness absence from work |
title_sort | relationship between fatigue and sickness absence from work |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10493375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37701492 http://dx.doi.org/10.35371/aoem.2023.35.e32 |
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