Refusal to Take Sick Leave after Being Diagnosed with a Communicable Disease as an Estimate of the Phenomenon of Presenteeism in Poland.
Communicable disease
Presenteeism
Sick leave
Journal
Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre
ISSN: 1423-0151
Titre abrégé: Med Princ Pract
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 8901334
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
16
12
2018
accepted:
02
09
2019
pubmed:
3
9
2019
medline:
6
1
2021
entrez:
3
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of presenteeism in patients with communicable diseases in Poland. 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. 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. 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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31476756
pii: 000503052
doi: 10.1159/000503052
pmc: PMC7098319
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
134-141Informations de copyright
© 2019 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
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