Marcin Mikos1, Grzegorz Juszczyk2, Aleksandra Czerw3, Łukasz Strzępek2, Tomasz Banaś4, Elżbieta Cipora5, Andrzej Deptała2, Anna Badowska-Kozakiewicz2. 1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Krakow, Poland. 2. Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. 3. Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, aleksandra.czerw@wum.edu.pl. 4. Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. 5. Medical Institute, Jan Grodek State Vocational Academy in Sanok, Sanok, Poland.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of presenteeism in patients with communicable diseases in Poland. SUBJECT AND METHODS: This study was based on data from the medical records of 2,529 patients aged 19-64 years. All of the patients were diagnosed with communicable diseases. The inclusion criteria were based on implementing decision concerning communicable diseases made by the Commission of the European Union. Associations between refusal to take sick leave and patients' age, gender, and diagnosis in terms of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) were tested. Linear regression analysis of the data acquired from the patients who agreed to take sick leave was further used to estimate the possible length of sick leave in patients who refused to take it. RESULTS: The number of patients who refused to take sick leave was 18.1%. The presenteeism rate was related to the age of patients (periods of sick leave were longer in older patients) and the ICD-10 diagnosis (largely in bacterial intestinal infections and measles). The estimated number of days spent on sick leave in patients who refused to take it, assuming that they made a different decision and complied with it, was in the range of 4-6 days. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of presenteeism in the case of communicable diseases in Poland is lower than in the general population. However, as the refusals to take sick leave took place in the case of potentially contagious diseases, the negative impact on productivity may be significant.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of presenteeism in patients with communicable diseases in Poland. SUBJECT AND METHODS: This study was based on data from the medical records of 2,529 patients aged 19-64 years. All of the patients were diagnosed with communicable diseases. The inclusion criteria were based on implementing decision concerning communicable diseases made by the Commission of the European Union. Associations between refusal to take sick leave and patients' age, gender, and diagnosis in terms of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) were tested. Linear regression analysis of the data acquired from the patients who agreed to take sick leave was further used to estimate the possible length of sick leave in patients who refused to take it. RESULTS: The number of patients who refused to take sick leave was 18.1%. The presenteeism rate was related to the age of patients (periods of sick leave were longer in older patients) and the ICD-10 diagnosis (largely in bacterial intestinal infections and measles). The estimated number of days spent on sick leave in patients who refused to take it, assuming that they made a different decision and complied with it, was in the range of 4-6 days. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of presenteeism in the case of communicable diseases in Poland is lower than in the general population. However, as the refusals to take sick leave took place in the case of potentially contagious diseases, the negative impact on productivity may be significant.
Authors: Grzegorz Juszczyk; Aleksandra Czerw; Anna Augustynowicz; Tomasz Banaś; Marcin Mikos; Urszula Religioni; Andrzej Deptała Journal: Oncotarget Date: 2018-06-15
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