The Individual-Level Productivity Costs of Physical Inactivity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study estimated the long-term individual-level productivity costs of physical inactivity.

Methods

The data were drawn from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966, to which the productivity cost variables (sick leaves and disability pensions) from Finnish registries were linked. Individuals ( N = 6261) were categorized into physical activity groups based on their level of physical activity, which was measured in three ways: 1) self-reported leisure-time moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) at 46 yr old, 2) longitudinal self-reported leisure-time MVPA at 31-46 yr old, and 3) accelerometer-measured overall MVPA at 46 yr old. The human capital approach was applied to calculate the observed costs (years 2012-2020) and the expected costs (years 201

SUBMITTER: Kari JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9815811 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature