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- - The study explored how factors like socioeconomic status, health, and lifestyle influenced sickness presenteeism (working while sick) among Japanese workers during the COVID-19 outbreak.
- - Analyzing data from over 27,000 participants showed that being unmarried, working in manual labor, experiencing unemployment, and feeling financial instability were linked to higher odds of presenteeism.
- - The findings highlight that sickness presenteeism increased during the pandemic, signaling that many workers felt pressured to work even when unwell.
Article Abstract
Background: We examined the association between socioeconomic and health status, and lifestyle and sickness presenteeism among Japanese workers during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Methods: A cross-sectional study using an Internet-monitor survey was conducted in December, 2020 in Japan. Of 33,302 survey participants, we analyzed 27,036 participants (13,814 men and 13,222 women) who reported experience with sickness presenteeism.
Results: The odds ratio (OR) of sickness presenteeism associated with unmarried versus married status was 1.15. Respective figures for other variables were 1.11 for manual laboring work compared to desk work; 1.79 and 2.29 for loss of employment at the time the pandemic began and continuation of unemployment compared with maintaining employment during the pandemic; and 3.34 for a feeling of financial instability compared with stability.
Conclusion: The issue of sickness presenteeism has become more prominent under the COVID-19 epidemic.
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