Association Between Work Attendance When Experiencing Fever or Cold Symptoms and Company Characteristics and Socioeconomic Status in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japanese Workers
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Abstract
This study investigated the association between attending work while experiencing fever or cold symptoms and workers’ socioeconomic background and company characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
A cross-sectional online survey was performed. Of a total of 33,302 participants, 3676 workers who experienced fever or cold symptoms after April 2020 were included. The odds ratios (ORs) of attending work while sick associated with workers’ socioeconomic background and company characteristics were evaluated using a multilevel logistic model.
Results:
The OR of attending work while sick associated with a lack of policy prohibiting workers from working when ill was 2.75 (95% CI: 2.28 to 3.20, P < 0.001).
Conclusion:
This study suggests that clear company policies on work and illness can be effective for preventing employees from attending work while sick.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.09.13.21263476: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics IRB: 9 This study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (reference No. R2-079 and R3-006).
Consent: In addition, informed consent was obtained via a form on the internet.Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following …SciScore for 10.1101/2021.09.13.21263476: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics IRB: 9 This study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan (reference No. R2-079 and R3-006).
Consent: In addition, informed consent was obtained via a form on the internet.Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:This study has several limitations. First, because this was an Internet-based study, and it is uncertain whether the results are generalizable. However, we selected participants by occupation, region, and prefecture based on infection incidence to minimize bias among the participants. Second, company policies on COVID-19 identified in this study were based on participant reports; it is possible that some participants were unaware of their company’s policies. In conclusion, we showed that the absence of a company policy requesting that employees refrain from attending work while sick is significantly associated with increased attendance while experiencing fever or cold symptoms. We also showed that individuals with an unstable socioeconomic status and lower level of support from their supervisors and coworkers are more likely to attend work while sick. In the future, it is crucial to encourage more companies to establish policies that request employees to refrain from attending work while sick and to support those with unstable socioeconomic status.
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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