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. 2011 Mar;48(2):194-9.
doi: 10.3109/02770903.2010.539294. Epub 2010 Dec 10.

Factors associated with a higher prevalence of work disability among asthmatic patients

Francisco Javier Gonzalez Barcala  1 , Ramon D La Fuente-Cid, Rosa Alvarez-Gil, Mónica Tafalla, Javier Nuevo, Francisco Caamaño-Isorna
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Factors associated with a higher prevalence of work disability among asthmatic patients

Francisco Javier Gonzalez Barcala et al. J Asthma. 2011 Mar.

Abstract

Objective: To study asthma-related absenteeism in the asthmatic population in Spain and to identify some risk factors for absenteeism.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on patients who had been diagnosed with asthma in the primary care setting at least 1 year before the start of this study. A questionnaire was designed that included socio-demographic and clinical variables. The time absent from work in the previous year was self-reported by the patients.

Results: More than 25% of the asthmatic population in Spain took sick leave during the previous year. Visits to a general practitioner or to the emergency department are the factors associated with the greatest risk of absenteeism.

Conclusions: Absenteeism is common within the asthmatic population in Spain. The authors of this study believe that some of the determining factors could be modified by the health-care system.

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