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Issues of absenteeism, presenteeism, and their consequences for cost and workers’ health have become major concerns among working societies and their stakeholders worldwide. 1 Sickness presence (presenteeism) is defined as worktime during which an ill employee continues to attend work. Sickness absence (also called absenteeism) refers to absence from work that is attributed to sickness by the employee and accepted as such by the employer. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. Stiff neck/shoulders, fatigue, depression/anxiety and dry eye problems accounted for a large proportion of the sickness presence among employees. The authors have no conflict of interest.Ĭlinical Significance: 0.11% of total working days were lost per annum due to long-term sick leave, and more than half of these absences were attributed to mental disorders. This work is funded by Collabo-Health Study Group. This work was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 18K10079. Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (Drs Chimed-Ochir, Fujino), Department of Occupational Health Practice and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (Drs Nagata T, Nagata M, Kajiki, Mori), Data Science Center for Occupational Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (Dr Nagata), Advanced Occupational Health Research and Consulting, Ltd, Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (Dr Kajiki).Īddress correspondence to: Odgerel Chimed-Ochir, MD, MPH, PhD, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Iseigaoka 1-1, Yahatanishiku, Kitakyushu city 807-8555, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan ( ).