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Table 4 Consistency of reported productivity loss from presenteeism across the four periods by medical condition

From: Four-year review of presenteeism data among employees of a large United States health care system: a retrospective prevalence study

Medical condition

κ statistic

No.

Overall

Unaffected, 0 min

Affected, 0 min

Affected, > 0 min

Type II diabetes

22 893

0.81

0.85

0.80

0.36

Hypertension (high blood pressure)

22 892

0.77

0.80

0.78

0.23

Asthma

22 893

0.74

0.80

0.72

0.36

Seizure disorders

22 893

0.73

0.76

0.72

0.38

Type I diabetes

22 893

0.69

0.78

0.64

0.50

Heart disease

22 892

0.61

0.64

0.61

0.29

Other metabolic disease (thyroid, kidney/renal, liver)

22 892

0.60

0.63

0.60

0.26

Autoimmune disease

22 891

0.58

0.66

0.55

0.40

Depression

22 893

0.54

0.62

0.51

0.35

Migraines or severe headaches

22 889

0.54

0.64

0.47

0.42

Mental illness

22 893

0.53

0.58

0.51

0.43

Arthritis

22 892

0.51

0.59

0.47

0.32

Any cancer

22 887

0.49

0.52

0.50

0.08

Cerebrovascular disease/stroke

22 892

0.46

0.47

0.48

0.12

Any allergies (including seasonal)

22 890

0.44

0.51

0.40

0.28

Pulmonary disease

22 893

0.44

0.47

0.46

0.11

General anxiety

22 893

0.42

0.49

0.37

0.33

Chronic back pain

22 891

0.40

0.48

0.33

0.32

Digestive disorder

22 892

0.39

0.43

0.36

0.32

Peripheral vascular disease

22 893

0.34

0.38

0.31

0.20

Neck pain

22 890

0.32

0.39

0.28

0.23

Respiratory (chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or sinusitis)

22 893

0.28

0.31

0.26

0.20

  1. Data are presented in descending order of overall κ