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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2004 Jul-Aug;26(4):269–276. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.04.004

Table 5.

Current work and work functioning

Controls (n = 175) Dysthymia (n = 69) P value


Mean (CI) Mean (CI)
Productivity lost (Presenteeism, %)a 2.8 (2.1–3.4) 6.3 (5.3–7.2) .0001
Output lost ($) 1292 (859–1726) 2890 (1955–3824) .01
WLQ - Physicala 14.7 (11.0–18.5) 17.3 (11.7–23.0) .45
WLQ - Timea 10.7 (7.6–13.7) 25.9 (21.3–30.6) .0001
WLQ - Mentala 10.6 (7.8–13.4) 25.8 (21.6–30.0) .0001
WLQ - Outputa 8.7 (5.4–12.0) 23.0 (18.1–28.1) .0001
Total days missed in past 2 weeks (%)a 0.74 (0.4–1.1) 1.2 (0.8–1.7) .09
Total productivity loss due to work absences (%)a 7.5 (4.4–10.6) 10.8 (6.1–15.50) .25

CI = confidence interval.

a

Adjusted for age, gender, and no. of chronic medical diseases.