%0 Journal Article
%T La incapacidad temporal en Espa a por algunas enfermedades psiqui¨¢tricas. (Trastornos esquizofr¨¦nicos, trastorno bipolar y trastornos ansiosos, depresivos y adaptativos) Sick leaves caused by psychiatric diseases in Spain during 2011
%A Ma Te¨®fila Vicente-Herrero
%A Ma Jes¨²s Terradillos Garc¨ªa
%A Luisa M Capdevila Garcia
%A Ma Victoria Ram¨ªrez I£¿iguez De La Torre
%J Revista m¨¦dica de Chile
%D 2013
%I Sociedad M¨¦dica de Santiago
%X Background: Psychiatric and mood disorders may hamper the efficiency of workers and cause absenteeism. Material and Methods: Revision of sick leaves related to schizophrenia, bipolar diseases, anxiety, depression and adaptive disorders that were granted in Spain in the period January- December 2011. The mean number of days off work for each disease and the costs per each labor day lost were calculated. Results: The total number of labor days lost for schizophrenia, bipolar diseases and mood disorders were 72,831; 899,107 and 3,666,055 days, respectively. The mean duration of sick leaves for the same diagnoses were 84; 100 and 64 days/year respectively. The total indirect costs of sick leaves for psychiatric diseases during 2011 were ? 100 million approximately, corresponding to 4% of costs for all diseases. Conclusions: The high costs of absenteeism derived from psychiatric diseases should prompt measures to promote a better adaptation to work environments of people suffering these ailments.
%K Costs and costs analysis
%K Mental disorders
%K Occupational health
%K Sick leave
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