The economic impact of loss of performance due to absenteeism and presenteeism caused by depressive symptoms and comorbid health conditions among Japanese workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 482-489

  Wada, Koji ^a   Arakida, Mikako ^b   Watanabe, Rika ^c   Negishi, Motomi ^d   Sato, Jun ^e   Tsutsumi, Akizumi ^f  

^a National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Fujisawa Taxi Company Limited   (Japan)

^e TOKYO HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Back pain; Depression; Presenteeism; Workers

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STOMACH DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BACK PAIN; COMORBIDITY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STOMACH DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887145846     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2013-0016     Document Type: Article

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