Examination of workability index (wai) and the correlation to the absenteeism for medical reasons

dc.contributor.author	Γουργίτου, Β.	el
dc.contributor.author	Μπαμπάτσικου, Φωτούλα Π.	el
dc.contributor.author	Ιορδάνου, Παναγιώτα Σ.	el
dc.contributor.author	Κουτής, Χαρίλαος	el
dc.contributor.author	Κωνσταντινίδης, Τ.	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-04-23T20:28:49Z
dc.date.issued	2015-04-23
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/8812
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
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dc.subject	Greece
dc.subject	Ελλάδα
dc.subject	επιχείρηση
dc.subject	ανάλυση συσχέτισης
dc.subject	απουσία
dc.subject	business
dc.subject	correlation analysis
dc.subject	absenteeism
dc.title	Examination of workability index (wai) and the correlation to the absenteeism for medical reasons	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Εργασία και εργαζόμενοι
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Employment
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ιατρική
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Εργασία και εργαζόμενοι
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006614
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005236
heal.keywordURI	http://zbw.eu/stw/descriptor/17184-0
heal.dateAvailable	10000-01-01
heal.language	en
heal.access	forever
heal.publicationDate	2010
heal.bibliographicCitation	Gourgiotou, V., Babatsikou, F., Iordanou, P., Koutis, Ch. and Konstandinidis, T. (2010). Examination of Workability Index (WAI) and the correlation to the absenteeism for medical reasons. "Epitheorese Klinikes Farmakologias kai Farmakokinetikes". [online] 28(1): p.51-57. Available from: http://www.scopus.com [Accessed 21/04/2015]	el
heal.abstract	The need for ever better evaluation of the workforce's workability in a business, as well as the study on absenteeism for medical reasons is an important challenge for the Occupational Health Service. Aim: The aim of the present study is to examine whether there is a correlation between the Workability of employees and their absenteeism for medical reasons. Material - Method: The study took place in the period 2003-2006, on 98 accounted filled-in questionnaires, from a sample of employees in an industrial unit in the district of Athens. Primarily, using the original questionnaire that has been developed by the FIOH, an evaluation of the Workability Index (WAI) was carried out on all of the 98 cases. Absenteeism form medical reasons was controlled for the tree years 2003-2006 on each of 98 employees who participated in the study. For the statistical analysis it was used the statistical program SPSS 13 and the statistical methods tests x2, t-test and one way analysis of variance (One-way AN.O.VA.). Results: The analysis of the questionnaires showed that 48 employees had grade of WAI excellent, 42 had WAI Good, 7 had WAI Moderate and only 1 employee had WAI Poor. Following was the study of absenteeism for medical reasons. The Average days of absence from work due to medical reasons, was founded to be for each WAI category: WAI Excellent: 4.5 days per employee, WAI Good: 10.1 days per employee, WAI Moderate & Poor: 18. 8 days per employee. The statistical analysis proves that there is a high statistical significance correlation to absenteeism for medical reasons amongst the categories of WAI. Additionally, it is proved that there is a high statistical importance correlation to absenteeism for medical reasons amongst the categories of WAI (p<0.014). Conclusions: It is deducted that WAI have a high statistical significance correlation to absenteeism for medical reasons. By given the present aforementioned, WAI can be a useful tool for the Occupational Health Service.	el
heal.journalName	Epitheorese Klinikes Farmakologias kai Farmakokinetikes	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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