Palencia-Sánchez Francisco, Riaño-Casallas Martha Isabel
Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia.
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia.
Rev Bras Med Trab. 2023 Feb 3;20(3):462-471. doi: 10.47626/1679-4435-2022-757. eCollection 2022 Jul-Sep.
Sickness absence is a phenomenon that has an impact on productivity, costs, and the working environment.
To understand the patterns of sickness absence by gender, age, and occupation, as well as its association with cost in a service company.
We conducted a cross-sectional study based on the sick leave data for 889 employees in one service company. The total number of sick leave notifications registered was 156. We performed a t-test for gender and a non-parametric test for the mean differences related to cost.
We found that women registered more sick days than men, accounting for 68.59% of all sick days recorded. Absence due to sickness was more common in the age range of 35-50 years for both men and women. The mean number of days lost was 6, and the average cost was 313 U.S. dollars. Chronic disease was the main cause of sick leave, representing 66.02% of all absent days. There were no differences in the mean number of days of sick leave between men and women.
There is no statistical difference in the number of days of sick leave between men and women. The costs of absence related to chronic disease are higher than those for other causes, so it is good practice to try developing health promotion programs in the workplace to prevent chronic disease in the working age population and reduce its associated costs.
病假是一种对生产力、成本和工作环境都有影响的现象。
了解一家服务公司中按性别、年龄和职业划分的病假模式，以及病假与成本之间的关联。
我们基于一家服务公司889名员工的病假数据进行了一项横断面研究。登记的病假通知总数为156份。我们对性别进行了t检验，并对与成本相关的均值差异进行了非参数检验。
我们发现女性登记的病假天数多于男性，占所有记录病假天数的68.59%。男性和女性在35至50岁年龄段病假更为常见。平均缺勤天数为6天，平均成本为313美元。慢性病是病假的主要原因，占所有缺勤天数的66.02%。男性和女性的平均病假天数没有差异。
男性和女性的病假天数没有统计学差异。与慢性病相关的缺勤成本高于其他原因导致的成本，因此在工作场所尝试开展健康促进项目以预防工作年龄人群的慢性病并降低其相关成本是一种良好做法。
