TRASTORNOS DE SALUD MENTAL Y PRODUCTIVIDAD: ¿CUÁLES SON LOS FACTORES DE RIESGO Y MITIGACIÓN DEL AUSENTISMO Y EL PRESENTISMO? EVIDENCIA DEL SECTOR TECNOLÓGICO DE EE. UU.
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Health Economics, Absenteeism, Presenteeism, Mental Health, Disorders, OSMI SurveyAbstract
Este artículo analiza el impacto de los trastornos de salud mental en el ausentismo y el presentismo en el lugar de trabajo. Utilizando datos de las encuestas de Open Sourcing Mental Illness (OSMI) realizadas entre 2017 y 2022, y abordando los datos faltantes mediante imputación múltiple con ecuaciones encadenadas (MICE), el estudio emplea un modelo logit ordenado para identificar los principales factores impulsores y disuasorios del ausentismo y el presentismo. Los resultados revelan que un historial de problemas de salud mental aumenta significativamente tanto el ausentismo como el presentismo, mientras que un historial familiar de trastornos mentales también se asocia con mayores niveles de presentismo. Además, se identifica el estigma personal relacionado con las enfermedades mentales como un factor que contribuye al ausentismo. De manera interesante, la apertura con la familia y el tamaño de la empresa resultaron incrementar inesperadamente el nivel de presentismo. Por último, el estudio demuestra que someterse a terapia se asocia con reducciones de presentismo en al menos 36 puntos porcentuales.Downloads
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