Risk factors associated with respiratory infectious disease-related presenteeism: a rapid review

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Background

Workplace transmission is a significant contributor to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreaks. Previous studies have found that infectious illness presenteeism could contribute to outbreaks in occupational settings and identified multiple occupational and organisational risk factors. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative to investigate presenteeism particularly in relation to respiratory infectious disease (RID). Hence, this rapid review aims to determine the prevalence of RID-related presenteeism, including COVID-19, and examines the reported reasons and associated risk factors.

Methods

The review followed a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) search approach and focused on studies published in English and Chinese. Database searches included MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database (CNKI) and preprint databases MedRxiv and BioRxiv.

Results

The search yielded 54 studies, of which four investigated COVID-19-related presenteeism. Prevalence of work presenteeism ranged from 14.1 to 55% for confirmed RID, and 6.6 to 100% for those working with suspected or subclinical RID. The included studies demonstrated that RID-related presenteeism is associated with occupation, sick pay policy, age, gender, health behaviour and perception, vaccination, peer pressure and organisational factors such as presenteeism culture.

Conclusions

This review demonstrates that presenteeism or non-adherence to isolation guidance is a real concern and can contribute to workplace transmissions and outbreaks. Policies which would support workers financially and improve productivity, should include a range of effective non-pharmaceutical inventions such as workplace testing, promoting occupational health services, reviewing pay and bonus schemes and clear messaging to encourage workers to stay at home when ill. Future research should focus on the more vulnerable and precarious occupational groups, and their inter-relationships, to develop comprehensive intervention programs to reduce RID-related presenteeism.

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The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-12008-9.

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Sarah Daniels: sarah.daniels@manchester.ac.uk

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): BMC Public Health

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): BMC Public Health

Title: BMC Public Health

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 1471-2458

Publication date (Electronic): 28 October 2021

Publication date PMC-release: 28 October 2021

Publication date Collection: 2021

Volume: 21

Electronic Location Identifier: 1955

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[1 ]GRID grid.5379.8, ISNI 0000000121662407, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, , The University of Manchester, ; Ellen Wilkinson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL England

[2 ]GRID grid.5379.8, ISNI 0000000121662407, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, , The University of Manchester, ; Manchester, England

[3 ]GRID grid.5379.8, ISNI 0000000121662407, Department of Mathematics, , The University of Manchester, ; Manchester, England

[4 ]GRID grid.5379.8, ISNI 0000000121662407, Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, School of Biological Sciences, , The University of Manchester, ; Manchester, England

[5 ]Public Health, Advice, Guidance and Expertise, London, England

[6 ]United Kingdom Health Security Agency National COVID-19 Response Centre, London, England

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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-12008-9

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Date received : 4 April 2021

Date accepted : 29 August 2021

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