Table 1.

Participants in the focus group discussions

Person	Specialist in family medicine	Working years	Extent of duty	Personal experience of sick leave more than 7 days	Specially engaged in sickness absence issues
1	Yes	28	70	Yes	0
2	Yes	7	100	0	0
3	0	1	100	0	0
4	Yes	28	100	Yes	Yes
5	Yes	12	80	Yes	0
6	Yes	1	100	0	0
7	0	-	75	0	0
8	Yes	16	100	0	Yes
9	Yes	16	100	0	0
10	Yes	18	100	0	0
11	Yes	7	65	0	0
12	Yes	32	85	0	0
13	Yes	1	100	0	0
14	Yes	4	100	0	Yes
15	Yes	6	75	0	0
16	0	6	80	Yes	0
17	0	2	100	0	0
18	0	2	80	0	0
19	0	2	100	0	0
20	0	2	100	Yes	0
21	0	1	80	0	0
22	0	1	75	Yes	0