A systematic review of infectious illness Presenteeism: prevalence, reasons and risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workplace presenteeism is common and leads to the spread of infectious diseases. Previous reviews have focused on presenteeism in relation to general physical or mental ill health. In this systematic review we identified the prevalence of, and reasons and risk factors for, presenteeism in relation to an infectious illness.

Method

We searched Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES with terms relating to infectious illnesses and presenteeism at the work place or school; reference lists of relevant articles were also hand-searched.

Result

Our search yielded 3580 papers after deduplication. After title, abstract and full text screening, 23 papers reporting on 24 studies were included. Twenty-three studies were cross-sectional studies and one

SUBMITTER: Webster RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588911 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature