title: [Non work-related sickness absence in 2013 in a Spanish banking sector company].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the incidence and duration of episodes of non work-related temporary sickness absence (SA) between January and December of 2013, by diagnostic groups, in a banking sector company.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study of 3.193 episodes of SA (≥ day), excluding work-related injuries and illnesses. The distribution of the duration of SA episodes by medical diagnosis was analyzed by calculating the median duration, 25th and 75th percentiles, mean and standard deviation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median duration of SA was 9 days for cases where there was a medical diagnosis (n=2.931, 91.8%); the 25th and 75th percentiles were 4 and 32 days, respectively. The most frequent pathologies were respiratory (19.9%), followed by musculoskeletal (19.1%) and pregnancy-related disorders (17.3%). Neoplasms had the longest median duration (49 days), followed by pregnancy-related disorders (39 days) and psychiatric disorders (23 days).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall sickness absence incidence in our study population was lower, but had a longer duration, as compared to similar studies. The incidence and duration by diagnostic groups were very similar to that reported in the literature, except for pregnancy-related disorders, where both were clearly higher (incidence 4 to 11 times and duration 0.4 times larger) in our company (<0.001). This analysis is useful from a prevention perspective, and suggests the need to prioritize the study to the control of potential workplace exposures that might be affecting pregnant workers' health.
authors.affiliation: Medicina del Trabajo, Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, Grupo Banco Popular (GBP), Madrid, 28042, Spain. lreinoso@bancopopular.es.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reinoso-Barbero
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz-Garrido
authors.forename: María Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: González-Gómez
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jaureguizar-Cervera
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piñaga-Solé
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reyes-García