TABLE 2.
Productivity Costs After Multiple Imputation for EG and CG Over 9 Months
| Productivity Cost Category | EG (n = 178) | CG (n = 179) | Mean Cost Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People, No.a | Mean Hoursb | Mean Cost | People, No.a | Mean Hoursb | Mean Cost | ||
| Participants with paid job, No. | |||||||
| 3 months | 76 | 118.9 | — | 82 | 112.9 | — | — |
| 6 months | 74 | 119.9 | — | 78 | 108.4 | — | — |
| 9 months | 68 | 104.3 | — | 69 | 97.7 | — | — |
| Long-term absenteeism | |||||||
| 3 months | 10 | 6.3 | €174 | 6 | 4.6 | €155 | €19 |
| 6 months | 5 | 1.2 | €41 | 3 | 4.2 | €115 | –€74 |
| 9 months | 4 | 1.9 | €38 | 0 | 0.0 | €0 | €38 |
| Short-term absenteeism | |||||||
| 3 months | 31 | 17.6 | €586 | 33 | 18.2 | €532 | €54 |
| 6 months | 18 | 5.9 | €194 | 36 | 19.0 | €591 | –€397 |
| 9 months | 23 | 12.8 | €422 | 28 | 15.9 | €514 | –€92 |
| Presenteeism | |||||||
| 3 months | 30 | 1.5 | €45 | 34 | 2.9 | €79 | –€34 |
| 6 months | 15 | 2.0 | €59 | 44 | 1.5 | €46 | €13 |
| 9 months | 20 | 1.3 | €28 | 32 | 1.4 | €43 | –€15 |
NOTE. Country-specific friction period is applied (Data Supplement, Table S5).
Abbreviation: EG, exercise group.
a
Number of participants with an average health care usage >0 after multiple imputation.
b
Average hours of all patients over 3-month period, including participants who indicated 0 hours.