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. 2021 Dec 14;11(12):e050068. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050068

Table 2.

Exacerbation of underlying disease and disrupted care for employees during the COVID-19 state of emergency by WFun score

Total WFun score
7–20 points (low work productivity) 21–35 points (high work productivity)
n=15 454 (100.0%) % n=12 453 (80.6%) % n=3001 (19.4%) %
My underlying disease got worse (exacerbation of underlying disease)
N/A (no illness) 10 917 70.6 9002 72.3 1915 63.8
No (illness without event) 4106 26.6 3219 25.8 887 29.6
Yes (illness with event) 431 2.8 232 1.9 199 6.6
I could not see a doctor for unscheduled visits (disruptions in non-routine clinical settings)
N/A (no illness) 11 496 74.4 9478 76.1 2018 67.2
No (illness without event) 3235 20.9 2511 20.2 724 24.1
Yes (illness with event) 723 4.7 464 3.7 259 8.6
I ran out of routine drugs (running out of drugs)
N/A (no illness) 10 322 66.8 8484 68.1 1838 61.2
No (illness without event) 4572 29.6 3635 29.2 937 31.2
Yes (illness with event) 560 3.6 334 2.7 226 7.5
I could not see a doctor for scheduled visits (disruptions in routine clinical settings)
N/A (no illness) 10 103 65.4 8317 −66.8 1786 59.5
No (illness without event) 3651 23.6 2881 −23.1 770 25.7
Yes (illness with event) 1700 11.0 1255 −10.1 445 14.8

N/A, not applicable; WFun, Work Functioning Impairment Scale.