title: Absenteeism of nursing staff in a nursing home.
abstract: This study investigated absenteeism among nursing staff at a long-term care facility. Four absenteeism measures were calculated from personnel records for each month of the year: no pay, sum of unscheduled, unpaid-sick and leave without pay; part-day, sum of arrived late and left early; paid-sick; and total. Independent variables included job level, part/full-time status, shift, sex, marital status, number of tax exemptions, birth year, and year of employment. Absenteeism was lowest in winter; lower for higher level staff; higher the greater the number of exemptions taken; and most importantly, lower for staff with seniority.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD 20852.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cohen-Mansfield
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009740:Nursing Staff; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors; D013660:Taxes