How problematic do you generally find it to… | Very | Fairly | Some-what | Not at all | Not applicable |
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… assess whether a patient’s functioning is reduced? | 13.2 | 32.8 | 38.6 | 15.4 | - |
… assess whether the reduced functioning is due to disease/injury? | 9.4 | 27.7 | 41.9 | 21.0 | - |
… assess the degree to which the reduced functioning limits a patient’s work capacity? | 20.8 | 37.0 | 32.1 | 10.1 | - |
… assess the degree to which the reduced functioning limits a patient’s work capacity among those without an employment? | 29.5 | 34.9 | 24.8 | 10.8 | - |
… make a long-term prognosis about the future work capacity of patients on sick leave? | 21.0 | 34.7 | 30.2 | 14.1 | - |
… assess the optimum duration and degree of sickness absence? | 13.2 | 35.3 | 39.5 | 12.1 | - |
… handle short-term sickness certifications |  |  |  |  |  |
(<15Â days)? | 1.6 | 4.6 | 28.2 | 65.5 | - |
… handle sickness certifications (15–90 days)? | 8.8 | 26.9 | 38.6 | 21.1 | 4.7 |
… handle long-term sickness certifications |  |  |  |  |  |
(91–180 days)? | 23.3 | 28.6 | 19.5 | 11.2 | 17.4 |
… handle very long-term sickness certifications (>180 days)? | 29.9 | 20.9 | 14.1 | 8.6 | 26.6 |