Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Capio Lundby Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
PLoS One. 2024 Nov 1;19(11):e0313122. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313122. eCollection 2024.
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) decreases the quality of life and affects the working life of sufferers. There is a scarcity of studies of how CRS affects sick leave at the population level, particularly for women.
Data from questionnaires were collected in Telemark, Norway in 2013 (N = 15,484) and again in 2018 (N = 13,966). Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for having sick leave in the last 12 months, adjusted for sex, asthma, smoking and age, were calculated, as well as the relationship to occupational groups. Comparisons were made between women and men.
Subjects with CRS had 64% increased odds for taking sick leave compared to subjects without CRS (OR 1.64, 95% CI 1.45-1.85) in 2013, with similar results in 2018 (OR 1.60, 95% CI 1.41-1.81). Women with CRS were almost twice as likely to take sick leave than men with CRS (OR 1.96, 95% CI 1.56-2.46) in 2013. Sick leave was more common in subjects with CRS in some occupational groups.
CRS is a chronic and debilitating disease that appears to affect sick leave on a population level, with women being more affected than men. Optimised treatment for CRS might reduce sick leave and associated costs.
慢性鼻-鼻窦炎（CRS）降低生活质量，并影响患者的工作生活。关于 CRS 如何影响人群中病假的研究很少，尤其是针对女性。
2013 年（N=15484）和 2018 年（N=13966）在挪威特伦马克通过问卷调查收集了数据。调整性别、哮喘、吸烟和年龄后，计算了过去 12 个月内请病假的比值比及其 95%置信区间（CI），并计算了与职业群体的关系。比较了女性和男性之间的差异。
与无 CRS 的受试者相比，患有 CRS 的受试者请病假的可能性增加了 64%（2013 年 OR 1.64，95%CI 1.45-1.85），2018 年的结果相似（OR 1.60，95%CI 1.41-1.81）。2013 年，患有 CRS 的女性请病假的可能性几乎是患有 CRS 的男性的两倍（OR 1.96，95%CI 1.56-2.46）。在某些职业群体中，患有 CRS 的受试者请病假的情况更为常见。
CRS 是一种慢性和使人虚弱的疾病，似乎会在人群层面上影响病假，女性比男性受影响更大。对 CRS 的优化治疗可能会减少病假和相关成本。
