[Decrease of labor absenteeism associated with hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women].
Absenteeism affects efficiency and costs of health care. Most of health workers are middle age women, whose climacteric symptoms may reduce their work capacity working at a public hospital in Santiago during 1992. Fifty-eight percent were postmenopausal and 34.8% of these were receiving hormone replacement therapy. Global absenteeism rate was 17.1 days/year. These figures were 14.8 days/year for premenopausal and 17.8 days/year for postmenopausal women (NS). Among the latter, those women receiving hormone replacement therapy had a significantly lower absenteeism rate (9.4 days/year compared to 20.4 days/year among those not receiving hormones). Osteoarticular diseases were responsible for 44.3% and psychiatric diseases for 18.1% of sick leaves. No differences in absenteeism were observed between different professional levels. We conclude that hormone replacement therapy is associated with a better working capacity in postmenopausal women.
Blümel
J E
JE
Unitad de Climaterio, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, (Campus Sur), Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau, Santiago de Chile.
Sáez
L
L
Roncagliolo
M E
ME
Tacla
X
X
Brandt
A
A
D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D017698:Postmenopause; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
Disminución del ausentismo laboral asociado a la terapia de reemplazo hormonal en mujeres postmenopáusicas.