title: Employee Health Behaviors, Self-Reported Health Status, and Association With Absenteeism: Comparison With the General Population.
abstract: To perform a comparison between health behaviors and health status of employees with those of the general population, to evaluate the association between employee health behaviors, health status, and absenteeism.
  
  
  
  Cross-sectional study enrolled 2433 employees from 16 Korean companies in 2014, and recruited 1000 general population randomly in 2012. The distribution of employee health behaviors, health status, and association with absenteeism were assessed.
  
  
  
  Employees had significantly worse health status and low rates of health behaviors maintenance compared with the general population. Multiple logistic regression model revealed that regular exercise, smoking cessation, work life balance, proactive living, religious practice, and good physical health status were associated with lower absenteeism.
  
  
  
  Maintaining health behaviors and having good health status were associated with less absenteeism. This study suggests investment of multidimensional health approach in workplace health and wellness (WHW) programs.
authors: Department of Biomedical Science (Dr Yun, Ms Sim, Ms Park); Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine (Dr Yun, Dr Noh); Integrated Care Center (Dr Yun), Department of Pediatrics (Dr Park), and Department of Surgery (Dr Noh), Seoul National University Hospital, Republic of Korea.
authors: Young Ho
authors: YH
authors: Yun
authors: Jin Ah
authors: JA
authors: Sim
authors: Eun-Gee
authors: EG
authors: Park
authors: June Dong
authors: JD
authors: Park
authors: Dong-Young
authors: DY
authors: Noh
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056910:Republic of Korea; D057566:Self Report