OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of sporting activity on absenteeism in a working population. METHODS Data were used from a prospective cohort study in a working population with a follow up period of 3 years and were collected with yearly questionnaires or collected from company records. Complete data on absenteeism, sporting activity, and potential confounders were collected for 1228 work...

BACKGROUND School absenteeism is a common data source in syndromic surveillance, which allows for the detection of outbreaks at an early stage. Previous studies focused on its correlation with other data sources. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of control measures based on early warning signals from school absenteeism surveillance in rural Chinese schools. METHODS A school absen...

BACKGROUND The prevention of sickness absenteeism of nurses is an important issue for organizations in health care as well as for nurses. The role of work-related attitudes, such as organizational commitment, as a cause of absenteeism is still unclear. OBJECTIVES To examine the influence over time of organizational commitment, health complaints, and visits to a general practitioner on sicknes...

BACKGROUND Many university departments use students' evaluations of teaching (SET) to compare and rank courses. However, absenteeism from class is often nonrandom and, therefore, SET for different courses might not be comparable. OBJECTIVE The present study aims to answer two questions. Are SET positively biased due to absenteeism? Do procedures, which adjust for absenteeism, change course ra...

BACKGROUND Students' health and school absenteeism affect educational level, with adverse effects on their future health. This interdependence is reflected in medical absenteeism. In the Netherlands, a public health intervention has been developed to address medical absenteeism in pre-vocational secondary education. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of this intervention on studen...

BACKGROUND School absenteeism data may have utility as an early indicator of disease outbreaks, however their value should be critically examined. This paper describes an evaluation of the utility of school absenteeism data for early outbreak detection in New York City (NYC). METHODS To assess citywide temporal trends in absenteeism, we downloaded three years (2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04) of da...

Word Count: Abstract 205 Main Text 4064 Additional file: A summary of studies included in the review. Abstract The contribution of inadequate health worker numbers and emigration have been highlighted in the international literature but relatively little attention has been paid to absenteeism as a factor that undermines health care delivery in low income countries. We therefore aimed to review ...