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Table 3 Levels of sick leave prescription according to the domain concerned

From: Sick leave prescriptions in general medicine: results from the ECOGEN study

 

No sick leave

Sick leave*

Percentage of sick leaves (%)

n = 18,060

n = 1715

 

System

   

A (General)

3358

83

2%

 A98 (Health management, medical prevention)

2224

0

0%

B (Haematological)

191

6

3%

 B80 (Anaemia by B9 or B12 deficiency

42

1

2%

 B90 (HIV / AIDS)

44

0

0%

 B99 (Other blood-related conditions

22

3

12%

D (Digestive)

1309

229

15%

 D01 (Generalised abdominal pain)

103

8

7%

 D02 (Abdominal pain, epigastric pain)

81

4

5%

 D12 (Constipation)

122

1

1%

 D70 (Gastrointestinal infection)

109

75

41%

 D73 (Gastroenteritis presumed infectious)

97

83

46%

 D84 (Oesophageal disorders)

160

0

0%

F (Ophthalmological)

137

6

4%

 F70 (Infectious conjunctivitis)

37

0

0%

 F71 (Allergic conjunctivitis)

24

0

0%

 F72 (Blepharitis, stye, chalazion)

17

0

0%

H (ENT)

259

16

6%

 H70 (External otitis)

35

1

3%

 H71 (Acute otitis media)

43

2

4%

 H81 (Excess earwax)

42

0

0%

 H82 (Ménière’s disease)

35

10

22%

K (Cardiovascular)

1405

37

3%

 K86 (Hypertension with no complications)

754

2

0%

L (Locomotor)

2482

518

17%

 L03 (Lumbar symptoms and complaints)

112

22

16%

 L15 (Knee symptoms and complaints)

100

11

10%

 L18 (Muscular pain)

124

13

9%

 L83 (Cervical syndrome)

100

19

16%

 L84 (Dorso-lumbar syndrome with no imagery

244

80

25%

 L86 (Dorso-lumbar syndrome with imagery)

203

90

31%

 L87 (Bursitis not classified elsewhere)

245

36

13%

 L99 (other osteo-articulatory disease

138

34

20%

N (Neurological)

569

42

7%

 N01 (Headache)

61

0

0%

 N88 (Epilepsy)

50

0

0%

 N89 (Migraine)

145

6

4%

 N94 (Neuritis, peripheral neuropathy)

50

5

9%

P (Psychological)

1876

223

11%

 P06 (Sleep disturbance)

233

4

2%

 P74 (Anxiety disorders)

248

24

9%

 P76 (Depression)

545

148

21%

  1. * Ordinary sick leave + work-related injury or illness