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Table 3 Workplace-registered and self-reported sick leave days among municipal eldercare workers in a 12 month period

From: Validation of sick leave measures: self-reported sick leave and sickness benefit data from a Danish national register compared to multiple workplace-registered sick leave spells in a Danish municipality

 

Workplace-registered weeks

   
 

0 days

0 > days = <7

7 > days = <14

14 > days < 28

28 > =days < 56

> = 56 days

 

Self-reported

             

Weeks

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

   

0 days

342

85.3

88

9.7

9

2.4

3

1.1

3

1.9

2

1.1

447

0 > days = <7

47

11.8

711

78.1

146

38.7

37

13.5

15

9.4

14

7.5

970

7 > days = <14

6

1.5

96

10.6

179

47.5

111

40.4

19

11.9

9

4.8

420

14 > days < 28

3

0.8

10

1.1

39

10.4

102

37.1

49

30.6

12

6.4

215

28 > =days < 56

3

0.8

2

0.2

3

0.8

18

6.6

58

36.3

41

21.8

125

> = 56 days

0

0.0

3

0.3

1

0.3

4

1.5

16

10

110

58.5

134

 

401

 

910

 

377

 

275

 

160

 

188

 

2311

 

Any sick leave

      

> = 28 days

> = 56 days

 

Sensitivity

94.5% *

      

64.7%

 

58.5%

  

Specificity

85.3%

       

98.3% **

98.9% ***

 
  1. Percentages in bold shows perfect agreement between self-reported and workplace-registered sick leave weeks.
  2. * (910–88) + (377–9) + (275–3) + (348–5) / (910 + 377 + 275 + 348).
  3. ** (401–3) + (910–5) + (377–4) + (275–22) / (401 + 910 + 377 + 275).
  4. *** (401–0) + (910–3) + (377–1) + (275–4) + (160–16) / (401 + 910 + 377 + 275 + 160).
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