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Table 1 Absenteeism, presenteeism, total productivity losses and average productivity losses per employee with headache according to headache frequency

From: Productivity losses attributable to headache, and their attempted recovery, in a heavy-manufacturing workforce in Turkey: implications for employers and politicians

Headache frequency (days/month)

N (% of sample)

n (% of sample) [% of N] with productivity loss

Absenteeism (total days in preceding 30 days)

Presenteeism (total days in preceding 30 days)

Ratio absenteeism to presenteeism

Total productivity loss (total [%] days in preceding 30 days)

Average productivity loss per employee (days/month)

≤1

627 (10.6)

120 (2.0) [19.1]

30

112

0.27

142 [14.7]

0.23

2–4

1,385 (23.4)

442 (7.4) [31.9]

66

857

0.08

923 [28.6]

0.67

5–9

438 (7.4)

238 (4.0) [54.3]

47

806

0.06

853 [26.4]

1.95

10–14

148 (2.5)

104 (1.8) [70.3]

21

577

0.04

598 [18.5]

4.04

≥15

90 (1.5)

64 (1.1) [71.1]

26

654

0.04

680 [21.1]

7.56

Totals

2,688 (45.4)

968 (16.3) [36.0]

190

3,036

0.06

3,226 [100]

1.20