Alker Heather J, Wang Monica L, Pbert Lori, Thorsen Nancy, Lemon Stephenie C
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University Massachusetts Medical School, 55 N Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655.
J Sch Health. 2015 Jun;85(6):398-404. doi: 10.1111/josh.12266.
Healthy, productive employees are an integral part of school health programs. There have been few assessments of work productivity among secondary school staff. This study describes the frequency of 3 common health risk factors--obesity, depressive symptoms, and smoking--and their impact on work productivity in secondary school employees.
Employees of secondary schools in Massachusetts (N = 630) participated in a longitudinal weight gain prevention intervention study. Assessment completed at baseline, 1-year and 2-year follow-up included survey assessments of health risk factors as well as measurements for height, weight, and body mass index (BMI). The survey also included a depression inventory and Work Limitations Questionnaire. Data analysis included multivariate mixed effect models to identify productivity differences in relation to BMI, depressive symptoms, and smoking in this population stratified by position type (teacher and other school staff).
The sample included 361 teachers and 269 other school staff. Obesity, depressive symptoms, and smoking were significantly associated with work productivity, including workdays missed because of health concerns (absenteeism) and decreases in on-the-job productivity because of health concerns (presenteeism).
Three common health conditions, namely obesity, depressive symptoms, and smoking, adversely affect the productivity of high school employees.
健康且高效的员工是学校健康计划的重要组成部分。对中学教职工的工作效率评估较少。本研究描述了肥胖、抑郁症状和吸烟这三种常见健康风险因素的发生频率及其对中学员工工作效率的影响。
马萨诸塞州中学的员工（N = 630）参与了一项纵向体重增加预防干预研究。在基线、1年和2年随访时完成的评估包括对健康风险因素的调查评估以及身高、体重和体重指数（BMI）测量。该调查还包括一份抑郁量表和工作限制问卷。数据分析包括多变量混合效应模型，以确定在按职位类型（教师和其他学校工作人员）分层的人群中，与BMI、抑郁症状和吸烟相关的工作效率差异。
样本包括361名教师和269名其他学校工作人员。肥胖、抑郁症状和吸烟与工作效率显著相关，包括因健康问题缺勤的工作日（旷工）以及因健康问题导致的在职工作效率下降（出勤主义）。
肥胖、抑郁症状和吸烟这三种常见健康状况对高中员工的工作效率有不利影响。
