The Trend of Sickness Absenteeism among Health Care Workers
Journal Title: Public Health Open Access - Year 2020, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Sickness absence is an important issue in the hospitals. The aim of this study was to investigate sickness absenteeism trend during 3 years after implementing occupational health office. Material and Method: This study was conducted using sickness absenteeism data of hospital staff from a teaching hospital in Tehran from 2014 to 2016. Demographic and occupational characteristics were measured by a questionnaire survey. Results: In our study, mean days of absence was 11.64 and 508 episodes occurred during the 3 years. There was a decreasing trend of all sickness absence parameters during the study period. The most common causes of sickness absence were respiratory problems and musculoskeletal disorders. Conclusion: The study abounds in the implications of active workplace intervention such as implementing a monitoring system based on scientific guidelines such as an occupational health office, providing principles of infection control program and ergonomic interventions are effective in reducing sickness absence.
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Nazanin I* and Maryam M
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