ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2016
Comparison of Employer Productivity Metrics to Lost Productivity Estimated by Commonly Used Questionnaires.
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- Presenteeism exposures and outcomes amongst hospital doctors and nurses: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2018Pooled it
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- Advancing Lost Productivity Measurement in Economic Evaluations: Evidence Priorities from a Targeted Literature Review and Expert Workshop.PharmacoEconomics - open · 2026Review
- The Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Changes in Work Impairment and Associated Cost Savings Among Employees Receiving Psychotherapy: Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- The differences of the economic losses due to presenteeism and treatment costs between high-stress workers and non-high-stress workers using the stress check survey in Japan.Journal of occupational health · 2022Article
- Remote Work Decreases Psychological and Physical Stress Responses, but Full-Remote Work Increases Presenteeism.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Economic burden and loss of quality of life from dry eye disease in Canada.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Outcomes and treatment responses, including work productivity, among people with axial spondyloarthritis living in urban and rural areas: a mixed-methods study within a national register.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of the study was to assess construct and discriminant validity of four health-related work productivity loss questionnaires in relation to employer productivity metrics, and to describe variation in economic estimates of productivity loss provided by the questionnaires in healthy workers.
methodsFifty-eight billing office workers completed surveys including health information and four productivity loss questionnaires. Employer productivity metrics and work hours were also obtained.
resultsProductivity loss questionnaires were weakly to moderately correlated with employer productivity metrics. Workers with more health complaints reported greater health-related productivity loss than healthier workers, but showed no loss on employer productivity metrics. Economic estimates of productivity loss showed wide variation among questionnaires, yet no loss of actual productivity.
conclusionsAdditional studies are needed comparing questionnaires with objective measures in larger samples and other industries, to improve measurement methods for health-related productivity loss.
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