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Date Submitted: Apr 25, 2023
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Psychosocial Well-Being Index and Sick Leave in the Workplace: a Structural Equation Modelling of Wittyfit Data
ABSTRACT
Background:
Psychosocial well-being, which assesses emotional, psychological, social, and collective well-being, could help measure risk and duration of sick leave in workers.
Objective:
This study aims to build a structural equation model of a Psychosocial Well-Being Index based on 10 psychosocial factors and investigate its association with sick leave.
Methods:
Data of workers using Wittyfit was collected in 2018. Psychosocial factors (job satisfaction, atmosphere, recognition, work-life balance, meaning, work organization, values, workload, autonomy, and stress) were self-assessed using health-related surveys, while sick leave records were provided by volunteer companies.
Results:
A total of 1,399 workers were included in the study (mean age: 39.4±9.4, mean seniority: 9.2±7.7, 49.8% of women, 12.0% managers). The prevalence of absenteeism was 34.5%, with an average of 8.48±28.7 days of sick leave per worker. Structural equation modelling facilitated computation of workers’ psychosocial well-being index (AIC: 123,016.2, BIC: 123,231.2, RMSEA: 0.03). All factors, except workload (p=.9), were influential, with meaning (β=0.72, 95% CI 0.69 to 0.74), values (0.69, 0.67 to 0.70) and job satisfaction (0.64, 0.61 to 0.66) being the main drivers (P<.001). Overall, psychosocial well-being was found to be a protective factor for sick leave, with a 2% decreased risk (OR=0.98, 95% CI 0.98 to 0.99, P<.001) and duration (IRR=0.98, 95% CI 0.97 to 0.99, P<.001) per psychosocial well-being index point.
Conclusions:
The psychosocial well-being index provides a measure of psychosocial well-being and helps predict sick leave in the workplace. This new indicator could be used to analyze the association between psychosocial well-being and other health outcomes. Clinical Trial: Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT02596737.
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