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Sickness Presence among Teachers, Nurses and Private Sector Office Workers
Introduction: Sickness presence is used to denote an employee who feels unwell but still attends work, thus avoiding absence. The intention of this paper is to compare sickness presence in a group of the following professions: teachers, nurses and private sector office workers. Material and methods:...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9956123/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36833046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11040512 |
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author | Olejniczak, Dominik Olearczyk, Agata Swakowska, Katarzyna Staniszewska, Anna Zakrzewska, Karolina |
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description | Introduction: Sickness presence is used to denote an employee who feels unwell but still attends work, thus avoiding absence. The intention of this paper is to compare sickness presence in a group of the following professions: teachers, nurses and private sector office workers. Material and methods: For the purpose of this study, a survey based on the original PAPI form (Paper-and-Pen Personal Interview) was carried out. Non-probability sampling, the snowball method (N = 507: teachers n = 174, nurses n = 165 and private sector office workers n = 168), covering the whole of Poland, was adopted. Non-parametric hypotheses were verified using the chi-squared test with a statistical significance α = 0.05. Results: Compared to nurses and private sector office workers, teachers more frequently attended work when sick (p < 0.05). Out of the reported ailments that respondents worked with, teachers more often indicated rhinitis (p < 0.05), sore throat and cough (p < 0.05) and increased temperature (p < 0.05). This may be associated with a threat to the health of individuals in their charge. Teachers commonly complained about joint and bone pain (p < 0.05) and gastrointestinal disorders (p < 0.05). Contrary to nurses and private sector office workers, teachers did not point to ‘lack of a replacement’ as the reason for their presence at work when sick (p < 0.05). Exclusively, teachers added financial issues and difficulties in access to healthcare if they are working fewer hours to the list of reasons for attending work when sick. Conclusions: Results suggest that there is a need for further studies on the presence of sick employees in the workplace, especially for teachers. The sickness presence of teachers and nurses may be a threat from a public health perspective. The workplace itself is a significant place to prevent many diseases. |
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spelling | pubmed-99561232023-02-25 Sickness Presence among Teachers, Nurses and Private Sector Office Workers Olejniczak, Dominik Olearczyk, Agata Swakowska, Katarzyna Staniszewska, Anna Zakrzewska, Karolina Healthcare (Basel) Article Introduction: Sickness presence is used to denote an employee who feels unwell but still attends work, thus avoiding absence. The intention of this paper is to compare sickness presence in a group of the following professions: teachers, nurses and private sector office workers. Material and methods: For the purpose of this study, a survey based on the original PAPI form (Paper-and-Pen Personal Interview) was carried out. Non-probability sampling, the snowball method (N = 507: teachers n = 174, nurses n = 165 and private sector office workers n = 168), covering the whole of Poland, was adopted. Non-parametric hypotheses were verified using the chi-squared test with a statistical significance α = 0.05. Results: Compared to nurses and private sector office workers, teachers more frequently attended work when sick (p < 0.05). Out of the reported ailments that respondents worked with, teachers more often indicated rhinitis (p < 0.05), sore throat and cough (p < 0.05) and increased temperature (p < 0.05). This may be associated with a threat to the health of individuals in their charge. Teachers commonly complained about joint and bone pain (p < 0.05) and gastrointestinal disorders (p < 0.05). Contrary to nurses and private sector office workers, teachers did not point to ‘lack of a replacement’ as the reason for their presence at work when sick (p < 0.05). Exclusively, teachers added financial issues and difficulties in access to healthcare if they are working fewer hours to the list of reasons for attending work when sick. Conclusions: Results suggest that there is a need for further studies on the presence of sick employees in the workplace, especially for teachers. The sickness presence of teachers and nurses may be a threat from a public health perspective. The workplace itself is a significant place to prevent many diseases. MDPI 2023-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9956123/ /pubmed/36833046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11040512 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Olejniczak, Dominik Olearczyk, Agata Swakowska, Katarzyna Staniszewska, Anna Zakrzewska, Karolina Sickness Presence among Teachers, Nurses and Private Sector Office Workers |
title | Sickness Presence among Teachers, Nurses and Private Sector Office Workers |
title_full | Sickness Presence among Teachers, Nurses and Private Sector Office Workers |
title_fullStr | Sickness Presence among Teachers, Nurses and Private Sector Office Workers |
title_full_unstemmed | Sickness Presence among Teachers, Nurses and Private Sector Office Workers |
title_short | Sickness Presence among Teachers, Nurses and Private Sector Office Workers |
title_sort | sickness presence among teachers, nurses and private sector office workers |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9956123/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36833046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11040512 |
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