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A retrospective chart review was adapted for the purpose. One hundred and two case files referred to medical board for fitness to rejoin the duty were reviewed from January 2013 to December 2015. Apart from the descriptive statistics, the Chi-square test or Fisher exact test was used to test the association between categorical variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results:<\/jats:title>Patients\u2019 mean (standard deviation) age was 40.1 (10.1) years; 85.3% were married, and 91.2% were male. Common reasons for seeking \u201cfitness certification\u201d were work absenteeism (46.1%), illness affecting the work (27.4%), and varied reasons (28.4%). 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