THE EFFECT OF DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION ON WORK PRODUCTIVITY

Background:. Diabetes mellitus and hypertension threaten to become a global epidemic risk, and thus the question of the ability to work of this category of patients is extremely important in terms of professional orientation, professional selection, work absenteeism and disability evaluation. Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the effect of Diabetes mellitus and hypertension on work productivity and job satisfaction. Patients and methods: The study was case control nested in a cross sectional study. The recruited participants were 800 participants (400patients and 400 control). They were enrolled from an urban and a rural family health units as follow: Diabetes Mellitus patients were 223 participants, Hypertensive patients were 177 patients and control group were 400 participants. All the participants underwent interviewing using a per-structured questionnaire and reviewing their medical record. The questionnaire contained an Arabic validated version of work productivity and impairment the general health version (WPAI: GH) and job satisfaction questionnaire. Results: Diabetic patients had high absenteeism, more work productivity loss and more activity impairment than the hypertensive patients (P