Hensing G, Alexanderson K, Allebeck P, Bjurulf P
Department of Health and Environment, Linköping University, Sweden.
Scand J Soc Med. 1998 Jun;26(2):133-44. doi: 10.1177/14034948980260020201.
To examine different sick-leave measures used in sickness absence research, and to suggest a systematic way of assessing sickness absence.
A review and analysis of five major studies on sick-leave performed 1983-1988 with an epidemiological approach.
Terminology and measures used varied in the different studies reviewed. The choice of a certain measure was seldom discussed in relation to the aim of the study. Based on the review five measures are suggested: frequency, length, incidence rate, cumulative incidence and duration. The definition of incidence rate is new and is a measure useful in studies of recurrent events within epidemiology.
We have reviewed sick-leave measures previously used in the literature and suggested five basic measures for assessing sick-leave.
研究疾病缺勤研究中使用的不同病假衡量指标,并提出一种评估疾病缺勤的系统方法。
采用流行病学方法对1983年至1988年进行的五项关于病假的主要研究进行综述和分析。
在所综述的不同研究中,使用的术语和衡量指标各不相同。对于某种衡量指标的选择,很少结合研究目的进行讨论。基于该综述,提出了五项衡量指标:频率、时长、发病率、累积发病率和持续时间。发病率的定义是新的,是流行病学中用于复发事件研究的一种有用衡量指标。
我们回顾了文献中先前使用的病假衡量指标,并提出了五项评估病假的基本指标。