Work hours and absenteeism among police officers

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Baughman, Penelope ; Burchfiel CM ; Charles LE ; Fekedulegn D ; Hartley TA ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  In this study, the cross-sectional association of paid work hours with episodes of work absence was examined in a cohort of police officers. Study subjects were participants from the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) study examined between 2004 and 2009. Among 395 study participants with complete data, day-by-day work history records during the one-year period prior to date of examination were used to determine episodes of one-day and three day work absence. The Negative binomial regression analysis was used to examine rate ratios (RR) of work absence. Analyses were also stratified by gender. A one-hour increase in total work hours was associated with 5% reduction in rate of one-day work absence (RR = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.92 - 0.98) and with 8% reduction in rate of three-day work absence (RR = 0.92, 95% CI: 0.89 - 0.95). The association of total work hours with episodes of one-day work absence was significant only in men while the association with episodes of three-day work absence was evident in men and women. In conclusion, in this cohort of police officers, work hours were negatively associated with both durations of work absence (one-day, > or = 3 consecutive days). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Demography Emergency Responders Epidemiology Law Enforcement Men Mental Health Mortality Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Stress, Psychological Women

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Author Keywords: Police Officers Demographic-characteristics Emergency-responders Humans Law-enforcement Law-enforcement-workers Mental-health Mental-stress Mortality-rates Mortality-surveys Police-officers Psychological-effects Racial-factors Sex-factors Sickness Absence Statistical-analysis Work History Work Hours

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• ISSN:
  1522-4821
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  267-276
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044826
• Citation:
  Int J Emerg Mental Health Hum Resil 2013 Oct-Dec; 15(4):267-276
• Contact Point Address:
  Desta Fekedulegn, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Morgantown, WV
• Email:
  djf7@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  State University of New York at Buffalo
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience
• End Date:
  20150831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6d148b47b48f941d9457eaf55abf0153cf3c45c679a86447b0fd085cc484ca7a1428ba42500934e94e1449e9053de35d59c429161e09cafc36985743363a529f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200447/cdc_200447_DS1.pdf
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