| Document ID (ISN) | 78438 |
| CIS number |
02-651 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2001 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Škerjanc A. |
| Title |
Sickness absence in diabetic employees |
| Bibliographic information |
July 2001, Vol.58, No.7, p.432-436. 36 ref. |
| Abstract |
To compare sickness absenteeism between diabetic and non-diabetic employees, a cross sectional case-control study was conducted in a random sample of 400 diabetic employees aged 21-50, comparing their sickness absence in the year 1996 with that of non-diabetic employees matched by sex, age and occupation. Sickness absence was compared in total and also in subgroups formed by sex, age, occupation and disability. The randomized sample consisted of 61.2% of men (245) and 38.8% of women (155) with a mean age of 42.5 years. Unskilled workers made up 30.2% of employees, and less than 16.4% were highly educated. The mean frequency of sickness absence occurrence among diabetic employees was 0.89 in the year 1996 as compared to 0.56 for non-diabetic employees. The mean duration of sickness absence for diabetic employees was 31.71, compared to 16.57 days for non-diabetic employees. The study confirmed that diabetes affects the ability to work. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
sickness absenteeism; diabetes mellitus |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
case-control study; frequency rates; cross-sectional study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Slovenia |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Globalization
Metabolic diseases
|
