Table 1
Sickness absence for the 12 month period before and after the intervention (in April 2000); total staff in employment at each time point, and core staff in employment throughout the study period
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | |
| For both cleaning service and catering service, top row represents percentage of staff absence of total staff in employment at each time point; bottom row represents percentage of staff absence of core staff in employment throughout the study period. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleaning service | 6.8 | 7.5 | 9 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 10.7 | 12 | 9.2 | 12.9 | 13.4 |
| 5.18 | 4.32 | 5.55 | 6.77 | 3.65 | 6.94 | 7.43 | 9.25 | 6.87 | 7.95 | 7.41 | 5.76 | 6.22 | 3.3 | 4.25 | 4.73 | 4.36 | 4.25 | 9.22 | 9.18 | 3.5 | 6.29 | 4.91 | 7.56 | |
| Catering Service | 8.5 | 5.6 | 9 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 9 | 8 | 6.5 | 11 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 9 | 9.2 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 11.9 | 8.1 |
| 4.13 | 6.97 | 5.32 | 6.51 | 9.53 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 8.26 | 9.27 | 6.37 | 7.4 | 8.35 | 5.01 | 4.2 | 3.85 | 6.16 | 7.55 | 6.22 | 8.13 | 4.82 | 6.04 | 4.7 | 5.22 | 6.58 | |
