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Year : 2016 | Volume
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The effect of diabetes and hypertension on work productivity and job satisfaction
Mahmoud E Abu Salema1, Nagwa N Hegazy2, Shaimaa G Mohamed3
1 Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Tala, Menoufia, Egypt 2 Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Tala, Menoufia, Egypt 3 Resident of Family Medicine in Health Sector, Tala, Menoufia, Egypt
Correspondence Address:
Shaimaa G Mohamed Resident of Family Medicine in Health Sector, Tala, Menoufia, 32611 Egypt
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/1110-2098.202484
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Objectives
The objective of this paper was to assess the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension on work productivity and job satisfaction.
Background
Work is a basic human activity through which every individual realizes their own livelihood. DM and hypertension are diseases with a high prevalence of growth globally; the question of the ability of this patient's to be productive is extremely important in terms of work productivity and job satisfaction evaluation.
Patients and methods
The study was a nested case–control cross-sectional study. A total of 800 participants were recruited (400 patients and 400 controls). They were enrolled from urban and rural family health units as follows: 223 DM patients, 177 hypertensive patients, and 400 participants in the control group. All the participants were interviewed using a prestructured questionnaire and their medical record was revised. The questionnaire contained an Arabic validated version of work productivity and impairment, the general health version (WPAI: GH), and job satisfaction questionnaire.
Results
Work absenteeism, work productivity loss, and impairment were more with the diabetic patients than with the hypertensive patients (P < 0.000). There was a statistically significant difference between studied groups and job satisfaction, where job satisfaction score was lower for diabetic patients than for hypertensive patients. There was a positive correlation among the studied groups regarding job satisfaction score and work productivity score.
Conclusion
DM appears to reduce an individual's ability-to-work in comparison with patients with hypertension. |
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