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. 2013 Apr 5;25(1):37–40. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1016/S0212-6567(00)78462-9

Duración de la incapacidad temporal por tuberculosis

Length of Time Off Work Due to Tuberculosis

JJ Salvadores Rubio a,*, J Saavedra Miján b, M Ramos Rodríguez c, JR Quirós García d
PMCID: PMC7683979  PMID: 10730457

Abstract

Objective

To determine the average length of time off work in working persons ill with tuberculosis in a health district.

Design

Descriptive and retrospective. Setting. Community level, within a health district. Participants. Persons diagnosed between 1989 and 1998 with tuberculosis which caused time off work.

Measurements and main results

An epidemiological data base of people with tuberculosis was crossed with the time-off-work records of the district's medical inspectorate, producing 58 patients. Average time off work was 220.3 days. Mean age was 37, almost all men (93.1%). 36.2% of the workers were miners, with their time off work greater than other workers (p=0.003). No significant differences in the length of time off work were found for the variables of age, sex, health district, type of tuberculosis or year of diagnosis.

Conclusions

We found that time off work lasted much longer than is customary, and was related to the hardship of the physical work. Return to work should be posed when there is clinical improvement in the patient and a definitive response to the tuberculosis treatment.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Time off work, Duration, Workers

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