Perceived Supervisor Support for Health Affects Presenteeism: A Prospective Cohort Study

Takahiro Mori; Tomohisa Nagata; Masako Nagata; Kiminori Odagami; Koji Mori

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002691

Perceived Supervisor Support for Health Affects Presenteeism: A Prospective Cohort Study

J Occup Environ Med. 2023 Jan 1;65(1):16-21. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002691. Epub 2022 Sep 6.

Authors

Takahiro Mori¹, Tomohisa Nagata, Masako Nagata, Kiminori Odagami, Koji Mori

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Occupational Health Practice and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan (Dr Mori, Dr Nagata, Dr Odagami, Dr Mori); and Department of Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan (Dr Nagata).

PMID: 36070550
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002691

Abstract

Objective: We investigated how perceived supervisor support for health (PSSH) affects the occurrence of presenteeism 1 year later.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted using a questionnaire survey. In total, 10,718 nonmanagerial employees in seven companies in Japan were included in the analyses. We conducted multilevel logistic regression analyses nested by company to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) of the relationship between PSSH at baseline and high presenteeism at follow-up.

Results: The ORs for high presenteeism at follow-up were significantly higher for high (OR, 1.31; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.14 to 1.51), low (OR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.37 to 1.94), and very low PSSH (OR, 2.42; 95% CI, 1.88 to 3.12), compared with very high PSSH.

Conclusions: Lower PSSH can induce high presenteeism, suggesting that increasing PSSH is important to reduce the occurrence of presenteeism in companies.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Presenteeism*
Prospective Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Workplace*