[Ways to lower temporary work disability in diseases of the endocrine system and disorders of metabolism]. / O putiakh snizheniia vremennoi netrudosposobnosti pri bolezniakh éndokrinnoi sistemy i narusheniiakh obmena veshchestv

The level of temporary incapacitation was studied with the aid of analytical prognostication (on the example of the town of Chimkent). Diseases of the endocrine system and metabolic disturbances were of significance among the causes of temporary incapacitation (1% of all the cases and 1.4% of total duration of temporary incapacitation) of the urban population. The indices studied were greatest in diseases of the thyroid gland and diabetes mellitus. Incapacitation indices depended on the patients' age and sex. The main routes for reduction of temporary incapacitation in diseases of the endocrine system were early detection, improvement of dispensary observation, and also complex treatment of the patients.