Association of Controlled and Uncontrolled Hypertension With Workplace Productivity.
The authors estimated the lost productive time (LPT) due to absenteeism and presenteeism among employees at the Group Health Cooperative with controlled and uncontrolled hypertension compared with normotensive patients. The patients responded to a survey inquiring about health behaviors with links to their medical record to identify diagnoses, blood pressure measurement, and prescription drug dispenses. Individuals with controlled hypertension were more likely to report any LPT relative to individuals with uncontrolled hypertension (40.6% vs 32.6%, P<.05). There were no significant differences in the average hours of LPT due to presenteeism among individuals regardless of their hypertension status but individuals with hypertension were more likely to report hours of LPT due to absenteeism compared with normotensive individuals (1.04 vs 0.59 hours; P=.001). Individuals with uncontrolled hypertension were more likely to report LPT due to absenteeism compared with individuals with controlled hypertension (1.35 vs 0.72 hours; P=.001). There were no significant differences between individuals with hypertension whose blood pressure was controlled and normotensive individuals with respect to the likelihood of reporting any LPT or in the amounts of absenteeism and presenteeism.
GlaxoSmithKline, Munich, Germany.
Victoria
V
Unmuessig
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA.
Paul A
PA
Fishman
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.|Department of General Practice, Free University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.|Department of Patient and Care, Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Hubertus J M
HJ
Vrijhoef
Department of Health Services Research, School for Public Health and Primary Care Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Arianne M J
AM
Elissen
Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA.|Population and Purchaser Strategy, Group Health Physicians, Seattle, WA.
David C
DC
Grossman
D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000069597:Presenteeism / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult