%0 Journal Article
%T Descripci¨®n del uso de la licencia m¨¦dica psiqui¨¢trica en un servicio especializado de atenci¨®n ambulatoria
%A Santander T
%A Jaime
%A Huerta F
%A Daniela
%A Parra
%A Julio
%A Prato E
%A Juan
%A Ruiz P
%A Sergio
%J Revista chilena de neuro-psiquiatr¨ªa
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0717-92272011000300007
%X objectives: to characterize sick leaves prescription in a specialized psychiatric service. methods: we recorded all of psychiatric attentions as well as all of sick-leaves prescribed during a three months period (july to september, 2009). results: 3,105 attentions were done, whit a 12,7% (399 attentions) of them resulting in a sick-leave prescription, corresponding to 228 out-patients. we discarded 16 sick-leaves because incomplete information. 184 (48%) sick-leaves were prescribed in a first visit, 190 (49,6%) were a prolongation of a previous sick-leave prescription, and 9 (2,3%) were prescribed after a working period posterior to a previous rest. affective disorder were the most frequent diagnosis observed in sick-leave prescription (78,1%), being more frequent in women (68,9). the mean of rest was 25,5 ¡À 20 days with a median of 15 days. discussion: a 12,7% of psychiatric attention generated a sick-leave prescription. severity of disorders seen in a specialized psychiatric service could explain this finding. our results confirm affective disorders are the principal cause of sick-leave prescription. this study add technical knowledge about feature and uses of psychiatric sick-leaves in chile.
%K sick leave
%K psychiatry
%K sickness absence.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-92272011000300007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en