title: [Work absenteeism of the nursing personnel of Valencia hospitals].
abstract: A survey was carried out on a sample of 973 nurses from hospitals in the Valencian Region. The objective was to study work absenteeism due to health reasons depending on socio-demographic factors, work organization and self perception of health status. Information was collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Duration and frequency of absenteeism was analysed over the previous twelve months. A 34.4% of female nurses and 35.4% of male nurses reported at least one episode, with an average length of 21 and 26 days respectively. There is a relation between absenteeism and self-perception of health status. We did not find man/woman differences with regards to absenteeism.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Valenciano de Estudios en Salud Pública.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Escribá
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pérez-Hoyos
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bolumar
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D000078329:Workforce
vernacular_title: Absentismo laboral del personal de enfermería de los hospitales valencianos.