Table 3.

Reasons for presenteeism.

Reasons for presenteeism		Number of responses (%)
Given answer selection of reasons	Sense of duty	7975 (83.7%)
	Consideration for colleagues and/or managers	7296 (76.5%)
	Because otherwise the work would be left undone	2326 (24.4%)
	Other reasons	808 (8.5%)
	Fear of professional disadvantages	783 (8.2%)
	Fear of job loss	543 (5.7%)
Other reasons	Work ethic and social pressure from the team (e.g., negative comments from the team when calling in sick)	164 (25.8%)
	Lack of staff (e.g., no replacement available)	160 (25.2%)
	Sense of commitment to patients (e.g., for the benefit of patients)	109 (17.2%)
	One does not feel sick enough (e.g., health condition is assessed as still good enough to work)	58 (9.1%)
	No replacement possible due to professional expertise (e.g., only nephrologist on duty in the hospital)	46 (7.3%)
	Expectations and pressure from the superior (e.g., being asked by the superior to show up at work despite illness)	27 (4.3%)
	Financial disadvantages (e.g., for hourly paid employees)	26 (4.1%)
	Absence management of the employer (e.g., because of the obligation to submit a medical certificate after one day of absence)	19 (3.0%)
	Distraction from being sick (e.g., because you feel sicker at home than at work)	18 (2.8%)
	Alternative work was offered (alternative work could be taken on, e.g., in the back office instead of direct patient contact)	8 (1.3%)