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Table 3 Sick leave days per patient and year, stratified by sex (unstandardized)

From: An analysis of sickness absence in chronically ill patients receiving Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A longterm prospective intermittent study

Year

Sick leave days/patient/year

 

All

Women

Men

 

N*

Mean (SD)

Median (95%CI)

n

Mean (SD)

Median (95%CI)

n

Mean (SD)

Median (95%CI)

-3

369

22 (45.2)

5 (4; 9)

193

19 (40.7)

6 (4; 9)

176

24 (49.8)

5 (3; 10)

-2

404

25 (47.5)

7 (4; 9)

216

22 (33.0)

8 (5; 12)

188

29 (59.9)

4 (1; 9)

-1

441

31 (61.0)

9 (6; 12)

242

29 (58.2)

8 (5; 12)

199

33 (64.2)

10 (6; 14)

1

441

28 (57.5)

9 (7; 11)

242

26 (56.8)

8 (5; 11)

199

30 (58.4)

11 (7; 16)

2

397

24 (55.6)

5 (3; 7)

218

24 (51.3)

5 (3; 8)

179

25 (60.5)

5 (0; 8)

3

297

21 (47.0)

5 (2; 7)

159

18 (34.9)

5 (1; 8)

138

25 (57.8)

5 (0; 10)

4

196

20 (46.1)

4 (0; 6)

102

21 (12.9)

5 (0; 9)

94

20 (50.5)

1 (0; 5)

  1. *Note: Since participants entered the study at different points of time, the follow up period could not be equal for all patients, which causes a drop of observed participants especially in the third and fourth year.