Table 3. Productivity loss due to episodes of ill health among postpartum women in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
| Symptom | Episodes | Total productivity loss (days) | Mean Productivity loss(days) | Number received assistance | Days compensated by coping strategies | Adjusted productivity loss (days) | Mean Adjusted productivity loss (days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial Incapacitation | Total incapacitation | Total | |||||||
| Pain/Infection at LSCS site | 19 | 203.8 | 333.0 | 536.8 | 28.3 | 19 | 178.8 | 358.0 | 18.8 |
| Backache | 27 | 138.2 | 384.0 | 522.2 | 19.3 | 16 | 217.0 | 305.2 | 11.3 |
| Lower abdominal pain | 40 | 179.0 | 197.0 | 376.0 | 9.4 | 24 | 164.0 | 212.0 | 5.3 |
| Pain/Infection at episiotomy site | 25 | 95.2 | 210.0 | 305.2 | 12.2 | 18 | 210.0 | 95.2 | 3.8 |
| Vaginal bleeding | 9 | 52.6 | 147.0 | 199.6 | 22.2 | 7 | 124.2 | 75.4 | 8.4 |
| Fever | 11 | 83.4 | 93.0 | 176.4 | 16.0 | 12 | 103.0 | 73.4 | 6.7 |
| Breast Engorgement | 8 | 82.0 | 0.0 | 82.0 | 10.3 | 4 | 26.4 | 55.6 | 6.9 |
| Dyspnoea | 3 | 7.0 | 52.0 | 59.0 | 19.7 | 2 | 32.8 | 26.2 | 8.7 |
| Headache | 2 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 9.5 | 2 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 |
| Hypertension | 4 | 15.0 | 1.0 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 11.4 | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| Leg Swelling | 2 | 14.8 | 0.0 | 14.8 | 7.5 | 1 | 2.8 | 12.0 | 6.0 |
| Mastitis | 2 | 9.8 | 3.0 | 12.8 | 6.5 | 2 | 8.6 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
| Heartburn | 1 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Upper abdominal pain | 1 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Nausea/Vomiting | 2 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| Dizziness | 1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Other | 4 | 42.0 | 38.0 | 80.0 | 20.0 | 4 | 52.6 | 27.4 | 6.8 |
| Total | 161 | 934.2 | 1482.0 | 2416.2 | 15.0 | 117 | 1141.6 | 1274.6 | 7.9 |
LSCS, Lower Segment Caesarean Section