Abstract
Asthma is a disease with physical symptoms that can impair a person's functioning to the point of interfering with school, work, and social activities. Describe how disease (asthma) and patient characteristics affect perceived work performance and absenteeism. Using a cross-sectional study design, 369 adults with asthma from a managed care organization responded to a mailed questionnaire which included a perceived work performance scale (WPS) and an item assessing absenteeism. Analysis consisted of psychometric testing of the scale (internal consistency and construct validity); trend observation of influence of perceived and symptom-derived severity on WPS and absenteeism distribution; and regression analysis to examine the relationship between patient/disease characteristics and the work-related outcomes. The mean WPS score was 88.0 +/- 16.2 (of a possible 100), with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.79. Most respondents (84.7%) did not miss any work in the previous 4 weeks. WPS scores declined and the percentage of respondent absenteeism increased as perceived and symptom-derived severity worsened. The regression model for WPS produced an adjusted R2 of 0.32 and included the number of other illnesses, health beliefs, race, income, and ...Continue Reading
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