Do attitudes towards work or work motivation affect productivity loss among academic employees?

M Lohela-Karlsson, I Jensen, C Björklund - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Work motivation and job attitudes are important for productivity levels among academic
employees. In situations where employees perceive problems, for example, health-related …

Group-based exercise at workplace: short-term effects of neck and shoulder resistance training in video display unit workers with work-related chronic neck pain—a …

GM Caputo, M Di Bari, J Naranjo Orellana - Clinical rheumatology, 2017 - Springer
Effectiveness of exercise therapy in video display unit (VDU) workers with work-related
chronic neck pain (W-RCNP) is unclear. The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of …

[HTML][HTML] Exhaustion and impaired work performance in the workplace: Associations with presenteeism and absenteeism

E Aboagye, C Björklund, K Gustafsson… - … of occupational and …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between presenteeism
and absenteeism during the previous year and the current levels of exhaustion and impaired …

Perceived health and work-environment related problems and associated subjective production loss in an academic population

M Lohela-Karlsson, L Nybergh, I Jensen - BMC Public Health, 2018 - Springer
Background The aim was to investigate the prevalence of health problems and work
environment problems and how these are associated with subjective production loss among …

Measurement properties of the work ability score in sick-listed workers with chronic musculoskeletal pain

M Stienstra, MJA Edelaar, B Fritz… - Journal of Occupational …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Chronic musculoskeletal pain can have a major impact on ability to work. The work
ability score is a commonly used single-item question to assess work ability but has not …

Work engagement and work performance among Japanese workers: A 1-year prospective cohort study

H Eguchi, A Inoue, Y Kachi, K Miyaki… - Journal of Occupational …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We carried out a prospective study to investigate the association between work
engagement and work performance in a group of Japanese workers. Methods: Our cohort …

Construct validity of the Suboptimal Health Status Questionnaire-25 in a Ghanaian population

E Adua, E Afrifa-Yamoah, K Frimpong, E Adama… - Health and Quality of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The Suboptimal Health Status Questionnaire-25 (SHS-Q-25)
developed to measure Suboptimal Health Status has been used worldwide, but its construct …

Poor work ability increases sickness absence over 10 years

L Palmlöf, E Skillgate, M Talbäck… - Occupational …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Little is known about the predictive value of single items from the work ability
index (WAI) on the risk of sickness absence over several years, and whether such risk varies …

Work ability and productivity in patients with diabetic foot

HS Cabeceira, DMST Souza, Y Juliano, DF Veiga - Clinics, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVE: To assess work ability and productivity in patients with diabetic foot.
METHODS: This investigation was a cross-sectional controlled study. A total of 117 …

Improving work for the body–a participatory ergonomic intervention aiming at reducing physical exertion and musculoskeletal pain among childcare workers (the TOY …

CDN Rasmussen, PR Hendriksen, MJ Svendsen… - Trials, 2018 - Springer
Background The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain (MSP) is persistently high throughout
the world. Work-related factors such as high physical workload (lifting, bending and twisting …