Roelen Corné A M, Koopmans Petra C, Notenbomer Annette, Groothoff Johan W
ArboNed Zwolle, PO Box 158, 8000 AD Zwolle, The Netherlands.
Occup Med (Lond). 2008 Dec;58(8):567-71. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqn113. Epub 2008 Sep 4.
When dissatisfaction with work precedes sickness absence, screening for satisfaction levels might usefully detect workers at risk of sickness absence.
To investigate whether job satisfaction was associated with subsequent sickness absence days or episodes.
A sample of workers was randomly drawn from a population of employees who had an episode of absence between January and April 2003. Job satisfaction was measured using a validated single question with a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (very dissatisfied) to 7 (very satisfied). Job satisfaction levels were linked to the number of recorded sickness absence days and episodes in 2003, distinguishing between short (1-7 days) episodes and long (>7 days) episodes.
Of 898 questionnaires distributed, 518 (58%) were returned. The mean+/-standard deviation job satisfaction level was 5.1+/-1.4 and negatively related to the number of sickness absence days. Job satisfaction was also negatively related to the number of short episodes and long episodes of absence, but these associations were not significant.
Job satisfaction was significantly related to total sickness absence duration. The association with the number of sickness absence episodes was weak and just below the level of statistical significance. Assessing work satisfaction levels might usefully identify those workers most likely to have the greatest sickness absence duration.
当工作不满先于病假缺勤时，对满意度水平进行筛查可能有助于发现有缺勤风险的员工。
调查工作满意度是否与随后的病假天数或病假次数相关。
从2003年1月至4月有过一次缺勤的员工群体中随机抽取一组工人样本。使用一个经过验证的单一问题来测量工作满意度，该问题采用李克特量表，范围从1（非常不满意）到7（非常满意）。将工作满意度水平与2003年记录的病假天数和病假次数相关联，区分短病假（1 - 7天）和长假病假（>7天）。
在分发的898份问卷中，有518份（58%）被收回。工作满意度的均值±标准差为5.1±1.4，且与病假天数呈负相关。工作满意度也与短病假次数和长假病假次数呈负相关，但这些关联并不显著。
工作满意度与病假总时长显著相关。与病假次数的关联较弱，略低于统计学显著水平。评估工作满意度水平可能有助于识别那些最有可能有最长病假时长的员工。
