Evaluation of the association between presenteeism and perceived availability of social support among hospital doctors in Zhejiang, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigated the association between presenteeism and the perceived availability of social support among hospital doctors in China.

Methods

A questionnaire was administered by doctors randomly selected from 13 hospital in Hangzhou China using stratified sampling. Logit model was used for data analysis.

Results

The overall response rate was 88.16%. Among hospital doctors, for each unit increase of the perceived availability of social support, the prevalence of presenteeism was decreased by 8.3% (OR?=?0.91, P?=?0.000). In particular, if the doctors perceived availability of appraisal support, belonging support and tangible support as sufficient, the act of presenteeism was reduced by 20.2% (OR?=?0.806, P?=?0.000) 20.4% (OR?=?0.803, P?=?0.000) and 21.0% (OR?=?0.799, P?=?0.000) respectively with statistical differences.

Conclusion

In China, appraisal support, belonging support and tangible support, compared to other social support, had a stronger negative correlation with presenteeism among hospital doctors. The benefits of social support in alleviating doctors' presenteeism warrant further investigation.

SUBMITTER: Xi X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7331165 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature