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Office design's impact on sick leave rates (2014) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24460745 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24460745 investigated this qu
by sanxiyn 9y ago
Office design's impact on sick leave rates (2014) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24460745 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24460745 investigated this question.
"Sick leaves were self-reported ... as number of short and long (medically certified) sick leaves... A significant excess risk for sickness absence was found only in terms of short sick leaves." Which supports your hypothesis.
- sidlls 9y agoHow does that support the hypothesis? One might conclude that the non-open plans mitigate the spread of short term sickness (e.g. colds) instead.
- sanxiyn 9y agoSupport, not definite evidence. It could be that both short and long sick leaves are affected. Compared to that, it supports "not actually getting sick more often".
- sidlls 9y agoIt isn't clear to me how that is supported. Are you saying rates of short-term and long-term sickness ought to have the same correlation with office layout? Why?
- wyager 9y agoLong sick leaves are usually for serious stuff that's non-transmissible, whereas short sick leave is usually for exactly the kind of stuff that's easier to transmit in an open office.
- adrianN 9y agoMost infections clear themselves up after a couple of days.