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Table 4 Distribution and characteristics of sick-leave spells due to otoaudiological diagnoses in 2005

From: Sickness absence due to otoaudiological diagnoses; a descriptive nationwide study

 

At least one sick-leave day due to otoaudiological diagnoses

 

All

Otological

Hearing

Vertigo

Tinnitus

No. of prevalent sick-leave spells

4999

1358

1078

1532

1031

No. of incident sick-leave spells

3313

1205

544

1089

475

No. of sick-leave days/spell

112.0/41.0

35.9/11.0

162.8/124.0

97.3/33.0

178.7/150.0

Mean/median

No. of sick-leave spells with different durations

     

  1-27

2018

1016

198

653

151

  28-180

1492

175

423

498

398

  181-364

698

46

248

160

244

  365

610

42

185

161

222

  1. Note: sick-leave spells with ≤6 days in between have been merged.