Effects of an Employee Fitness Program on Reduced Absenteeism
作者:
Lilian,
Lechner Hein,
期刊:
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
(OVID Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 39,
issue 9
页码: 827-831
ISSN:1076-2752
年代: 1997
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The effect of participation in an employee fitness program on reduction of absenteeism due to illness on three different worksites (police force, chemical industry, banking) was studied. The study used a longitudinal pretest-posttest design. From 884 subjects, data were collected on absenteeism in the pre-intervention year and on absenteeism in the first year of the fitness program. The subjects were divided into three groups: high participation, low participation, and no participation in the employee fitness program. Results of covariance analyses show that the high participation group had a significant decline in sick days (4.8 days), while the low and no participation groups showed no change in sick days. Even when self-selection in the participation in an employee fitness program seems to be present, there is potentially for a great deal to be gained from participation of this self-selected group in terms of changed sick days.
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