Gerich Joachim
a Department of Sociology , Johannes Kepler University , Linz , Austria.
Arch Environ Occup Health. 2016 Jul 3;71(4):189-98. doi: 10.1080/19338244.2015.1011268. Epub 2015 Jan 28.
Research on the determinants of sickness presence can be based on employees' number of sickness presence days or employees' propensity to "opt" for presenteeism in case of sickness. This study compares associations between potential determinants and presenteeism in cross-sectional data from a sample of Austrian employees by considering days of sickness absence and presence and an estimator for sickness-presence propensity as outcome variables. The sets of significant determinants for the number of sickness presence days and propensity were found to be overlapping, but not equivalent. Whereas determinants of the number of days can help to identify groups with high presenteeism prevalence, determinants of propensity can help to identify factors that restrict the decision process in case of sickness. With respect to possible interventions aimed at reducing presenteeism, results relating to both perspectives should be considered.
对病假出勤情况决定因素的研究可以基于员工的病假天数，或者员工在生病时“选择”带病上班的倾向。本研究通过将病假缺勤天数、出勤天数以及一个病假出勤倾向估计量作为结果变量，在奥地利员工样本的横截面数据中比较了潜在决定因素与带病上班之间的关联。结果发现，病假出勤天数和倾向的显著决定因素集有重叠，但并不等同。虽然病假天数的决定因素有助于识别带病上班患病率高的群体，但倾向的决定因素有助于识别在生病情况下限制决策过程的因素。对于旨在减少带病上班的可能干预措施，应考虑与这两种观点相关的结果。
