Sickness presenteeism among health care providers in an academic tertiary care center in Riyadh

• Main Authors: Mohammed Al Nuhait (Author), Khaled Al Harbi (Author), Amjad Al Jarboa (Author), Rami Bustami (Author), Shmaylan Alharbi (Author), Nazish Masud (Author), Abdulkareem Albekairy (Author), Hind Almodaimegh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The term sickness presenteeism (SP) has been described as the act of going to work despite having a state of health that may be regarded as poor enough to justify sick leave. SP has been observed to be prevalent among three-quarters of health care providers (HCPs). Working while sick not only puts p...