Veille documentaire MTPH

Auteur        Jeanette Reffstrup Christensen
Auteur        Malte Bue Kongstad
Auteur        Gisela Sjøgaard
Auteur        Karen Søgaard
Volume        57
Numéro        12
Pages        e146-152
Publication        Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
ISSN        1536-5948
Date        Dec 2015
Résumé        OBJECTIVES: The primary objective of this study was to assess the relationship between sickness presenteeism and body mass index (BMI), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), and maximal voluntary contraction (MVC). METHODS: Female health care workers (n = 139) were analyzed cross-sectional as well as longitudinal after 3 and 12-month follow-up. Sickness presenteeism was assessed as a summed score using validated questions from three questionnaires: Health and Work Performance Questionnaire, Work Ability Index, and Quantity and Quality Method. CRF was assessed by a maximal cycling test and MVC from four muscle groups. RESULTS: Significant relationships were found between sickness presenteeism and BMI as well as MVC both cross-sectional and as changes over 3 months. Participants with BMI more than 30  kg/m had significantly higher sickness presenteeism than those with BMI less than 25  kg/m. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that actions that decrease BMI and increase MVC decrease the amount of sickness presenteeism.