title: [Diagnoses among sick-listed pregnant women].
abstract: 51% of 710 women in paid employment and resident in the municipality of Baerum were certified as sick during their gestationel period. In 1/3 of the cases the medical certificate referred to musculoskeletal/connective tissue diseases, a problem which increased with duration of pregnancy. 208 women (29%) were incapacitated from work for more than two weeks and in 36% of these women, the sickness certificate was obtained on grounds of threatened well-being of the foetus. According to the current Norwegian legislation, morbidity of the mother is the only indication for granting certification of illness to a pregnant woman. The paper indicates that the law should be updated to include morbidity of the foetus as a justifiable reason for certifying the mother as sick. In addition, the perinatal audit should be expanded to include cases of foetal morbidity as well as cases of foetal mortality.
authors.affiliation: Institutt for allmennmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo.
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Lundby
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stray-Pedersen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tellnes
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Diagnoser brukt ved sykmelding av gravide.