One of the key findings of the APA study is that most health-related productivity losses occur on-the-job. They’re the result of ailments not serious enough to keep workers home but serious enough to hamper their performance while they’re working. Here are some data illustrating the impact of the wellness factor on productivity:

• More than half (53%) of the workers experienced an episodic or chronic-episodic health condition such as headache or fatigue, in any two-week period;
• Thirteen percent said that musculoskeletal pain or headaches impaired their productivity (this figure would have been much higher but the study didn’t ask about other common pains that impair productivity such as dental or menstrual pain); and
• On average, a U.S. worker loses 115 productive work hours per year due to nagging health conditions.

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