OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationships between workplace psychosocial factors, work/family conflicts, depression, and health-related presenteeism in a sample of employees who were randomly selected from the communities. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 4032 employees representative of the working population aged 25 to 64 years in Alberta, Canada. Data about workplace characteristics, depression, and health-related presenteeism were collected through telephone. RESULTS: In the participants, 47.3% and 42.9% reported some degree of impaired job performance in completing work and avoiding distraction, respectively. Major depression is the strongest factor associated with avoiding distraction. Job strain and effort-reward imbalance seemed to affect job performance through severity of depression but not major depression. CONCLUSIONS: Negative work environment may directly and indirectly affect job performance. Workplace health promotion activities should target organizational factors such as job strain and effort-reward imbalance and work/family conflicts so as to reduce the risk of depression and the direct and indirect effects of these risk factors and depression on productivity.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationships between workplace psychosocial factors, work/family conflicts, depression, and health-related presenteeism in a sample of employees who were randomly selected from the communities. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 4032 employees representative of the working population aged 25 to 64 years in Alberta, Canada. Data about workplace characteristics, depression, and health-related presenteeism were collected through telephone. RESULTS: In the participants, 47.3% and 42.9% reported some degree of impaired job performance in completing work and avoiding distraction, respectively. Major depression is the strongest factor associated with avoiding distraction. Job strain and effort-reward imbalance seemed to affect job performance through severity of depression but not major depression. CONCLUSIONS: Negative work environment may directly and indirectly affect job performance. Workplace health promotion activities should target organizational factors such as job strain and effort-reward imbalance and work/family conflicts so as to reduce the risk of depression and the direct and indirect effects of these risk factors and depression on productivity.
Authors: Michela Vignoli; Dina Guglielmi; Roberta Bonfiglioli; Francesco Saverio Violante Journal: Int Arch Occup Environ Health Date: 2015-03-27 Impact factor: 3.015
Authors: Fernando Navarro-Mateu; M José Tormo; Diego Salmerón; Gemma Vilagut; Carmen Navarro; Guadalupe Ruíz-Merino; Teresa Escámez; Javier Júdez; Salvador Martínez; Ron C Kessler; Jordi Alonso Journal: PLoS One Date: 2015-09-22 Impact factor: 3.240