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Family physicians health-related absenteeism at the Al-Wazarat Healthcare Center

BACKGROUND: In general, physicians and family physicians more specifically tend to treat themselves in an informal matter. The evidence suggests that family physicians have a tendency not to consult other physicians while they are sick and tend to self-treat. Health-related absenteeism among family...

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Autores principales: Alotaibi, Meshari Nawar, Abdelhay, Osama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30234061
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_42_18
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description BACKGROUND: In general, physicians and family physicians more specifically tend to treat themselves in an informal matter. The evidence suggests that family physicians have a tendency not to consult other physicians while they are sick and tend to self-treat. Health-related absenteeism among family physicians in primary care settings is an issue that needs to be addressed. AIM: The aim of this study is to identify the prevalence of health-related absenteeism among family physicians in Al-Wazarat Health Center and to investigate the medical causes associated with sickness absence. METHODS: The study used cross-sectional design to investigate the prevalence of health-related absenteeism among family physicians in a primary care setting. RESULTS: The study included 108 physicians from the Al-Wazarat Healthcare Center in Riyadh, KSA. On average, the physicians were absent for 2 days over the last year with 53.3% (64/108) have no health-related absence days. The most common recorded reasons for work absence are the severity of illness 75.0% (81/108) and workload 63.0% (68/108). Influenza was the most common health condition that causes absenteeism 60.2% (65/108). The attitude toward working while ill scored 2.3 ± 2.5, being responsible for affecting the patients if working while ill 8.0 ± 2.8, physicians with chronic diseases should stay away from work 3.7 ± 3.7, and the quality of healthcare service could be affected by the physician's illness 7.5 ± 2.5. CONCLUSIONS: Further investigations are needed for more understanding of the physicians’ tendencies and casual approach toward working with illness. Such understanding will help to formulate better guidelines for medical practices.
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spelling pubmed-61319902018-09-19 Family physicians health-related absenteeism at the Al-Wazarat Healthcare Center Alotaibi, Meshari Nawar Abdelhay, Osama J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: In general, physicians and family physicians more specifically tend to treat themselves in an informal matter. The evidence suggests that family physicians have a tendency not to consult other physicians while they are sick and tend to self-treat. Health-related absenteeism among family physicians in primary care settings is an issue that needs to be addressed. AIM: The aim of this study is to identify the prevalence of health-related absenteeism among family physicians in Al-Wazarat Health Center and to investigate the medical causes associated with sickness absence. METHODS: The study used cross-sectional design to investigate the prevalence of health-related absenteeism among family physicians in a primary care setting. RESULTS: The study included 108 physicians from the Al-Wazarat Healthcare Center in Riyadh, KSA. On average, the physicians were absent for 2 days over the last year with 53.3% (64/108) have no health-related absence days. The most common recorded reasons for work absence are the severity of illness 75.0% (81/108) and workload 63.0% (68/108). Influenza was the most common health condition that causes absenteeism 60.2% (65/108). The attitude toward working while ill scored 2.3 ± 2.5, being responsible for affecting the patients if working while ill 8.0 ± 2.8, physicians with chronic diseases should stay away from work 3.7 ± 3.7, and the quality of healthcare service could be affected by the physician's illness 7.5 ± 2.5. CONCLUSIONS: Further investigations are needed for more understanding of the physicians’ tendencies and casual approach toward working with illness. Such understanding will help to formulate better guidelines for medical practices. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6131990/ /pubmed/30234061 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_42_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30234061
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_42_18
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