Lifestyle, Type of Work, and Temporary Disability: An Incidence Study of the Working Population

Rocío Jiménez-Mérida, Manuel Romero-Saldaña (), Domingo de-Pedro-Jiménez, José Manuel Alcaide-Leyva, Vanesa Cantón-Habas, Carlos Álvarez-Fernández and Manuel Vaquero-Abellán
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Rocío Jiménez-Mérida: Departamento de Enfermería, Farmacología y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería, Universidad de Córdoba, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
Manuel Romero-Saldaña: Grupo Asociado de Investigación GA16 Estilos de Vida, Tecnología y Salud, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Departamento de Enfermería, Farmacología y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería, Universidad de Córdoba, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
Domingo de-Pedro-Jiménez: Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Cádiz, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
José Manuel Alcaide-Leyva: Departamento de Enfermería, Farmacología y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería, Universidad de Córdoba, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
Vanesa Cantón-Habas: Departamento de Enfermería, Farmacología y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería, Universidad de Córdoba, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
Carlos Álvarez-Fernández: Departamento de Salud Laboral, Ayuntamiento de Córdob, 14008 Córdoba, Spain
Manuel Vaquero-Abellán: Departamento de Enfermería, Farmacología y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería, Universidad de Córdoba, 14014 Córdoba, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-10

Abstract: The objective of the study was to identify lifestyles associated with loss of health among workers. A retrospective longitudinal incidence study was carried out over a three-year period (2015, 2016, and 2017) among the working population. A total of 240 workers were analysed using information from occupational health assessments. The outcome variable was loss of health due to common illness or workplace injury, quantified by the number of days each episode lasted. Predictor variables were age, gender, type of work, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, physical activity (IPAQ), and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (AMD). An adjusted multiple linear regression was performed, determining the goodness of fit of the final model using the coefficient of determination adjusted r 2 . During the study, 104 men (58.8%) and 25 women (39.7%) suffered an episode of illness or workplace injury ( p < 0.05). The overall incidence was 17.9% people/year 95% CI [15, 21.3]. 4.6% of the workers were sedentary or engaged in light physical activity, and 59.2% maintained an adequate AMD. Workers who engaged in high levels of physical activity had an average of 36.3 days of temporary disability compared to 64.4 days for workers with low-moderate levels of physical activity ( p < 0.01).

Keywords: health promotion; Mediterranean diet; physical activity; sick leave; workplace (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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