Presenteeism and mental health of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Daniel Fernández-García¹  Joao Apostolo²  Rogério Rodrigues²  Emília Isabel Costa³  Ángel Vilches-Arenas⁴  Santiago Martínez-Isasi⁵  Juan Gómez-Salgado⁶  Carlos Ruiz-Frutos⁶  Juan Jesús García-Iglesias⁷ 

[1] Health Research Nursing Group (GREIS), Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Leon, Leon, Spain;Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Coimbra Nursing School, Coimbra, Portugal;Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Coimbra Nursing School, Coimbra, Portugal;Nursing Department, Health School, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal;Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Seville, Seville, Spain;Preventive Medicine, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Spain;Simulation and Intensive Care Unit of Santiago (SICRUS), Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain;CLINURSID Research Group, Faculty of Nursing, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain;Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, Faculty of Labour Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain;Escuela de Posgrado, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador;Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, Faculty of Labour Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain;Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Coimbra Nursing School, Coimbra, Portugal;

关键词: COVID-19;    mental health;    occupational health;    presenteeism;    workers;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1224332

 received in 2023-05-17, accepted in 2023-08-28,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundA large number of workers attend work despite being ill. Attending work during sickness can have a number of consequences for the worker (e.g., worsening of physical and mental condition), for co-workers, and for the company, and for service users.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to assess the factors influencing presenteeism and mental health of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsA systematic review following the PRISMA format was conducted in the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science (WoS), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycInfo, and ScienceDirect electronic databases in January 2023, using the following key words: Presenteeism, Mental Health, and COVID-19. The eligibility criteria applied were original articles published in English, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese, workers during the COVID-19 pandemic (data collection date: January 01, 2020 – January 01, 2023), and articles assessing at least one measure of presenteeism and mental health status. Methodological quality was assessed using the critical appraisal tools of the Joanna Briggs Institute. The followed protocol is listed in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) with code CRD42023391409.ResultsA total of 25 studies were included in this review recruiting a total of 164,274 participants. A number of factors influencing mental health and sickness presenteeism were identified: (1) mental health-related factors (burnout [in 4 studies], stress [in 9 studies], depression [in 1 study], fear of COVID-19 [in 1 study], no well-being [in 2 studies], etc.); (2) individual factors (health status [in 1 study], being young [in 1 study], workers who experienced interrupted medical care [in 2 studies], having a chronic disease [in 1 study], etc.); (3) factors related to the situation caused by COVID-19 (confinement, symptoms, loss of contract, risk of bankruptcy, etc. [in 1 study each one]); and (4) factors derived from working conditions (organisational support [in 1 study], patient care [in 1 study], work functioning or task performance impairment [in 4 studies], work fatigue [in 2 studies], safety climate [in 1 study], workload [in 1 study], etc.).ConclusionIdentifying the key determinants of presenteeism and understanding the phenomena and origins of sickness presenteeism will help to create a safe working environment and optimal organisational systems to protect vulnerable workers in a pandemic context.Systematic review registrationThe unique identifier is CRD42023391409.

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