Yongkai Zhu1, Junling Gao, Jing Wang, Denglai Yu, Xin Nie, Junming Dai, Hua Fu. 1. Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (Drs Zhu, Gao, Nie, Dai, Fu); Department of Health Education, Shanghai Pudong New Area Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China (Ms Wang, Ms Yu).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between workplace social capital (WSC) and presenteeism in a Chinese context. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China, from December 2016 to March 2017. Totally, 2380 workers were randomly sampled through a two-stage sampling procedure. Validated and psychometrically tested measures were used to assess job stress, self-rated health and absolute presenteeism (AP), and WSC. RESULTS: Job stress [unstandardized coefficients, B:1.83, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 0.43 to 3.24] was positively associated with AP. Compared with participants with excellent self-rated health, those with very good, good, and general self-rated health had gradationally higher levels of AP. High individual-level WSC (B: -6.32; 95% CI: -7.62 to -5.02) and workplace-level WSC (B: -4.43; 95% CI: -7.44 to -1.42) were negatively associated with AP. CONCLUSION: Interventions on promoting workers' health, decreasing job stress, and enhancing WSC may contribute to decreasing AP in Chinese workplaces.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between workplace social capital (WSC) and presenteeism in a Chinese context. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China, from December 2016 to March 2017. Totally, 2380 workers were randomly sampled through a two-stage sampling procedure. Validated and psychometrically tested measures were used to assess job stress, self-rated health and absolute presenteeism (AP), and WSC. RESULTS: Job stress [unstandardized coefficients, B:1.83, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 0.43 to 3.24] was positively associated with AP. Compared with participants with excellent self-rated health, those with very good, good, and general self-rated health had gradationally higher levels of AP. High individual-level WSC (B: -6.32; 95% CI: -7.62 to -5.02) and workplace-level WSC (B: -4.43; 95% CI: -7.44 to -1.42) were negatively associated with AP. CONCLUSION: Interventions on promoting workers' health, decreasing job stress, and enhancing WSC may contribute to decreasing AP in Chinese workplaces.