Study population | Responding physicians | Physicians <65 years dealing with sickness certification ≥ a few times a year | Physicians perceiving sickness certification tasks to a great extent as a work environment problem | |
n | n (%) | n (%) | n (%)* | |
All | 36 898 | 22 349 (60.6) | 14 210 (38.5) | 1554 (11.4) |
Sex | ||||
Male | 20 936 | 12 259 (58.6) | 7449 (35.6) | 864 (11.6) |
Female | 15 946 | 10 085 (63.2) | 6760 (42.4) | 690 (10.2) |
Missing | 16 | 5 (31.3) | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Age (years) | ||||
20–44 | 14 462 | 8349 (57.7) | 6172 (42.7) | 606 (9.8) |
45–64 | 19 898 | 12 110 (60.9) | 8038 (40.4) | 948 (11.8) |
>65 | 2538 | 1890 (74.5) | ||
Specialist | 26 242 | 16 300 (62.1) | 9777 (37.3) | 1126 (11.5) |
Non-specialist | 10 656 | 6049 (56.8) | 4433 (41.6) | 428 (9.7) |
↵* Proportion of all the physicians responding on the ‘key question’ (n=13 675) concerning sickness certification tasks as a work environmental problem.