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Change in Health Risks and Work Productivity Over Time

Change in Health Risks and Work Productivity Over Time 746 Change in Health Risks and Work Productivity Pelletier et al Change in Health Risks and Work Productivity Over Time Barbara Pelletier, MS ealth-risk status is predictive of sev- eral health and economic outcomes. Myde Boles, PhD For several decades, research has Wendy Lynch, PhD H accumulated to make a solid connec- tion between health risks and medi- We sought to examine the relationship between changes in health risks cal consequences. At a group level, and changes in work productivity. Pre- and postanalysis was conducted numbers and types of health risks are on 500 subjects who participated in a wellness program at a large predictive of mortality, morbidi- 2– 4 5 national employer. Change in health risks was analyzed using McNe- ty, short-term medical costs, and 6,7 mar chi-square tests, and change in mean productivity was analyzed longer-term medical costs. In re- using paired t tests. A repeated measures regression model examined cent years, researchers have demon- whether a change in productivity was associated with a change in health strated associations between health risks, controlling for age and gender. Individuals who reduced one risks on other business outcomes, 8,9 such as absenteeism, disability health risk improved their presenteeism by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Wolters Kluwer Health

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746 Change in Health Risks and Work Productivity Pelletier et al Change in Health Risks and Work Productivity Over Time Barbara Pelletier, MS ealth-risk status is predictive of sev- eral health and economic outcomes. Myde Boles, PhD For several decades, research has Wendy Lynch, PhD H accumulated to make a solid connec- tion between health risks and medi- We sought to examine the relationship between changes in health risks cal consequences. At a group level, and changes in work productivity. Pre- and postanalysis was conducted numbers and types of health risks are on 500 subjects who participated in a wellness program at a large predictive of mortality, morbidi- 2– 4 5 national employer. Change in health risks was analyzed using McNe- ty, short-term medical costs, and 6,7 mar chi-square tests, and change in mean productivity was analyzed longer-term medical costs. In re- using paired t tests. A repeated measures regression model examined cent years, researchers have demon- whether a change in productivity was associated with a change in health strated associations between health risks, controlling for age and gender. Individuals who reduced one risks on other business outcomes, 8,9 such as absenteeism, disability health risk improved their presenteeism by

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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jul 1, 2004

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