Junior doctors’ infectious illness experiences in 1993 and 2001
| 1993 (n=81) | 2001 (n=110) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of days off work (episodes) | Number of days off work (episodes) | |||||||||
| Number ill (%) | Number of episodes | 0 days | 1 day | 2+ days | Number ill (%) | Number of episodes | 0 days | 1 day | 2+ days | |
| *p<0.01 (Fisher’s exact test). | ||||||||||
| †Otitis externa; pneumonia; hand, foot, and mouth syndrome; conjunctivitis. | ||||||||||
| ‡For two illness episodes in 1993 and six in 2001, information was not provided as to the duration of any time taken off work. | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea and/or vomiting | 16 (19.8) | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 46 (41.8)* | 72 | 42 | 17 | 12 |
| URTI | 48 (59.3) | 85 | 76 | 3 | 5 | 52 (47.3) | 78 | 50 | 10 | 13 |
| Skin infection | 4 (4.9) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 (3.6) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Other infectious illness | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4† (3.6) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Any of the above illnesses | 50 (61.7) | 108‡ | 90 | 8 | 8 | 75 (68.2) | 158‡ | 96 | 28 | 28 |