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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: Conn Med. 2012 Oct;76(9):525–531.

Table 3. Productivity Loss and Associated Costs Due to Health Reasons Among Officers With and Without a Mental-Health Condition.

Overall With mental-health condition Without mental-health condition P-value
Overall productivity loss due to health reasons (%) 4.4 5.9 3.4 <0.001
Difficulty managing time (%) 19.3 28.3 13.5 <0.001
Difficulty performing physical tasks (%) 19.7 22.2 17.9 0.29
Difficulty interacting with people (%) 16.0 19.9 13.3 0.10
Difficulty bringing a task to completion (%) 12.8 19.3 8.4 <0.001
Annual costs per officer ($) 3,522 4,489 2,769 0.02

Based on results from the Work Limitations Questionnaire-823

Post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol abuse, or depression

Calculated by multiplying one's estimated productivity loss by self-reported annual income and averaging over individuals