Table 1 Attitudes about Working when Sick, Related to Severity and Type of Illness
From: Attitudes about sickness presenteeism in medical training: is there a hidden curriculum?
Agree or Strongly Agree | P-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals | Students | Residents | Faculty | ||
I feel a professional obligation to come into work even when I am feeling sick. | 60% | 61% | 84% | 46% | 0.02 |
I would come into work with … | |||||
A cold (i.e., a mild upper respiratory infection without fever). | 95% | 96% | 100% | 92% | 0.39 |
The flu (i.e., fever, myalgias, and cough). | 33% | 35% | 67% | 14% | 0.001 |
A fever > 101.5. | 13% | 10% | 37% | 6% | 0.003 |
A fever < 101.5. | 59% | 65% | 68% | 42% | 0.046 |
Vomiting (1 or more episodes of vomiting within the last 8 h). | 24% | 15% | 58% | 22% | 0.001 |
Diarrhea (3 or more watery stools within the last 8 h). | 28% | 25% | 58% | 17% | 0.004 |