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Factors Affecting Sick Leave Duration for Non-Work-Related Temporary Disabilities in Brazilian University Public Servants

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  • Adriano Dias

    (Public Health Grade Program, Botucatu Medical School, Paulista State University/UNESP, Botucatu, Sao Paulo 18618687, Brazil)

  • Juan Gómez-Salgado

    (Department of Nursing, Universidad de Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
    Safety and Health Posgrade Program, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón (Guayaquil) 091650, Ecuador)

  • João Marcos Bernardes

    (Public Health Grade Program, Botucatu Medical School, Paulista State University/UNESP, Botucatu, Sao Paulo 18618687, Brazil)

  • Carlos Ruiz-Frutos

    (Department of Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, Universidad de Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
    Safety and Health Posgrade Program, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón (Guayaquil) 091650, Ecuador)

Abstract

Sickness absenteeism in public institutions compromises the execution of services, and may also generate direct impacts on the population that receives coverage. To determine if sick leave duration for temporary disabilities is associated with non-work-related illnesses (NWRI), a historical cohort study was carried out of workers at a Brazilian University. The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) was obtained from the most prevalent diagnoses in each expert examination and from the corresponding days of sick leave per episode, adjusting simple and multiple Cox regression models. As a result, 70% of the NWRI temporary disabilities were due to depressive disorders, convalescence, and dorsalgia with a sick leave duration between 4 and 320 days. The factors of protection for sick leave durations until the rehabilitation were non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Long-term sick leaves were observed in the cases that required rehabilitation of those workers diagnosed with recurrent depressive disorders, conjunctivitis, acute sinusitis, skin disorders, calculus of kidney and ureter, abdominal and pelvic pain, and same-level fall accidents. It is also worth noting that even in a disease that can justify long-term sick leaves, such as breast cancer, the duration may be shorter according to the worker’s capacity and self-efficacy.

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  • Adriano Dias & Juan Gómez-Salgado & João Marcos Bernardes & Carlos Ruiz-Frutos, 2018. "Factors Affecting Sick Leave Duration for Non-Work-Related Temporary Disabilities in Brazilian University Public Servants," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-12, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:10:p:2127-:d:172294
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    1. Adriano Dias & João Marcos Bernardes & Miriam Malacize Fantazia & Carlos Ruiz-Frutos & Juan Gómez-Salgado, 2018. "Six Years of Sick Leave Spells in a Group of University Civil Workers. Can Modern Work Bring Them a New Health Problem?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-14, December.
    2. Francisco Edison Sampaio & Manuel Joaquim Silva Oliveira & João Areosa & Emílio Facas, 2023. "Prevalence of Comorbidity and Its Effects on Sickness-Absenteeism among Brazilian Legislative Civil Servants," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(6), pages 1-12, March.

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