Trial reportJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2011
Exploring the role of co-worker social support on health care utilization and sickness absence.
Trial report in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Social Capital from Online Social Media is Associated with Visiting a Healthcare Practitioner at Least Once a Year Among College Students.Delaware journal of public health · 2023Article
- Psychosocial Workplace Factors and Healthcare Utilization: A Study of Two Employers.International journal of health policy and management · 2018Article
- Health-related employer support, recurring pain, and direct insurance costs for a self-insured employer.BMC public health · 2015Article
- Predictors of healthcare service utilization for mental health reasons.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
- Are social relationships a healthy influence on obesogenic behaviors among racially/ethnically diverse and socio-economically disadvantaged residents?Preventive medicine · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore the association of baseline co-worker social support with follow-up measures of health care use and sickness absence.
methodsData were obtained on 1240 employees from 33 worksites, through Promoting Activity and Changes in Eating, a group randomized weight maintenance trial. Co-worker social support, health care utilization, and absenteeism were assessed via a self-reported questionnaire. Generalized Estimating Equations were employed using STATA version 10.
resultsHigher baseline co-worker social support was significantly associated with a greater number of doctors' visits (P = 0.015). Co-worker social support was unrelated to number of hospitalizations, emergency department visits, or absenteeism.
conclusionsThe relationship between co-worker social support and health care utilization and absenteeism is complex and uncertain. Future studies should measure more specific outcomes, incorporate important mediating variables, and distill how social networks influence these outcomes.
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