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Table 3 Differences in the incidence of sick leaves per day per 1000 HMCs between the same months of each year (2019, 2020, 2021)

From: Sickness absenteeism among primary health care workers in Qatar before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Month

Year

Rate of sick leaves per day/1000 HCWs

Univariable negative binomial regression

IRR (95%CI)

P-value

January

2019

6.0

1 [Reference]

 

2020

7.0

1.20 (0.79–1.82)

0.396

2021

6.1

1.02 (0.67–1.56)

0.910

February

2019

6.3

1 [Reference]

 

2020

7.6

1.23 (089–1.92)

0.367

2021

8.5

1.36 (0.87–2.14)

0.180

March

2019

6.4

1 [Reference]

 

2020

7.7

1.20 (0.80–1.79)

0.382

2021

10.9

1.69 (1.13–2.53)

0.010

April

2019

5.7

1 [Reference]

 

2020

5.2

0.89 (0.60–1.31)

0.550

2021

9.4

1.62 (1.09–2.39)

0.016

May

2019

5.7

1 [Reference]

 

2020

2.8

0.50 (0.31–0.81)

0.005

2021

4.7

0.80 (0.50–1.31)

0.377

June

2019

4.2

1 [Reference]

 

2020

5.0

1.18 (0.75–1.85)

0.471

2021

9.0

2.15 (1.38–3.37)

0.001

July

2019

5.3

1 [Reference]

 

2020

4.3

0.80 (0.50–1.28)

0.352

2021

5.7

1.10 (0.89–0.74)

0.701

August

2019

4.0

1 [Reference]

 

2020

3.4

0.87 (0.53–1.42)

0.571

2021

8.4

2.11 (1.28–3.46)

0.003