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Table 2 GP assessment of type of complaint, limitations of activities and effects on granting sick leave.

From: How primary health care physicians make sick listing decisions: The impact of medical factors and functioning

   

Multivariate analysis

 

Frequencies

All diseases

Infectious diseases

Musculoskeletal diseases

 

not sick listed n/%

sick listed n/%

OR1) 95% CI

OR1) 95% CI

OR1) 95% CI

Complaints entirely or primarily somatic

missing 4

329/92.9

97/83.6

0.24

0.10–0.58

0.04

0.004–0.45

0.16

0.03–0.91

The complaints severely limited the patient in terms of:

     

occupational work

missing 1

52/14.6

82/70.7

14.15

8.61–23.24

7.81

3.51–17.36

19.11

7.69–47.46

physical leisure time activities

missing 22

72/20.8

56/53.3

0.94

0.46–1.94

3.10

0.96–10.07

0.54

0.14–2.14

everyday pursuits

missing 20

17/4.9

35/33.0

2.79

1.18–6.55

1.78

0.26–12.27

1.13

0.32–3.96

taking care of his/her children

missing 76 3)

10/3.2

17/19.1

0.96

0.25–3.73

7.48

1.24–44.94

0.43

0.06–2.81

sleeping at night

missing 21

13/3.8

18/17.0

1.63

0.61–4.36

5.53

0.42–72.96

1.94

0.42–8.92

social leisure time activities

missing 24

20/5.8

15/14.4

0.46

0.18–1.15

0.58

0.11–2.99

0.38

0.06–2.37

activities of daily living

missing 28

4/1.2

6/5.7

0.58

0.13–2.54

N.A.2)

7.57

0.36–157.70

intellectual activities

missing 20

5/1.4

6/5.7

1.20

0.24–6.04

1.30

0.15–11.17

N.A.2)

  1. 1) odds ratio and 95% confidence interval.
  2. 2) not applicable owing to non-significance in bivariate analysis.
  3. 3) 19 of them were 'true missing', i.e. lived with children.