Health risk conditions, disease and productivity loss
I think it is silly to judge the impact of risk conditions or disease states on productivity 1) without understanding the interactive impacts of different combinations of them, and 2) without considering the NATURE OF THE PERSON who has them. An employee with hypertension and depression might say, “I’m not feeling good today so I’m going to take it easy” and use that excuse three days out of five, while another employee with the same conditions might say, “I refuse to let my issues slow me down,” and be more productive than an employee with no conditions. The only way that productivity impairment from risk conditions or disease states can really be judged is by first controlling for employee attitudes and response to health issues. There’s a huge psychological component here that is not being considered. That’s a mistake.
May 3, 2008 at 9:54 pm
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