Table 5 Loss of productivity among patients and their caregivers*
Variable description | 90 days before enrolment (N = 637) | From enrolment to follow-up examination 1 (N = 614) | From follow-up examination 1 to 2 (N = 603) | From follow-up examination 2 to 3 (N = 587) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency of idle patients | 52.8% | 51.3% | 50.8% | 49.3% |
Frequency of patients losing ≥1 day of productivity | 23.3% | 8.5% | 7.3% | 9.4% |
Frequency of caregivers losing ≥1 day of productivity | 18.6% | 8.7% | 11.0% | 11.0% |
No. days/patient-month of productivity loss (computed among the whole study sample) | 2.9 (0.0-30.0) | 1.0 (0.0-30.0) | 0.6 (0.0-30.0) | 0.6 (0.0-30.0) |
No. days/patient-month of productivity loss (computed among patients loosing productivity) | 12.6 (0.3-30.0) | 12.0 (0.3-30.0) | 8.4 (0.3-30.0) | 6.2 (0.4-30.0) |
No. days/caregiver-month of productivity loss (computed among all caregivers in the study sample) | 1.2 (0.0-30.0) | 0.2 (0.0-7.5) | 0.5 (0.0-28.1) | 0.2 (0–5.4) |
No. days/caregiver-month of productivity loss (computed among caregivers loosing productivity) | 6.3 (1.0-30.0) | 2.8 (0.3-7.5) | 4.1 (0.6-28.1) | 1.5 (0.4-30.0) |
No. days/patient-month of total productivity loss by both patients and caregivers (computed among patients study sample) | 3.5 (0.0-60.0) | 1.1 (0.0-31.7) | 0.8 (0.0-33.7) | 0.7 (0.0-30.0) |