Logistic regression of indicators of health problems and psychosocial work environment on no/short sickness absence (0–7 days; n=488) versus sickness absence of 1–3 months (30–89 days; n=250), 3–6 months (90–179 days; n=131), and at least 6 months (180 days and more; n=76) for employees who indicated having visited the GP and/or OP in relation to work during the past 4 months at baseline
| No/short sickness absence versus sickness absence of 1–3 months | No/short sickness absence versus sickness absence of 3–6 months | No/short sickness absence versus sickness absence of at least 6 months | |||||||
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| Variable | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adj OR 1 (95% CI) | Adj OR 2 (95% CI) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adj OR 1 (95% CI) | Adj OR 2 (95% CI) | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adj OR 1 (95% CI) | Adj OR 2 (95% CI) |
| *p<0.05 difference compared to score in group NO/SHORT SICKNESS ABSENCE; | |||||||||
| **p<0.01 difference compared to score in group NO/SHORT SICKNESS ABSENCE; | |||||||||
| ***p<0.001 difference compared to score in group NO/SHORT SICKNESS ABSENCE. | |||||||||
| Adj OR 1 = odds ratio adjusted for demographics (gender, age, and highest level of education); Adj OR 2 = Adj OR 1 + adjusted for indicators of health problems and psychosocial work environment; CIS = Checklist Individual Strength; GHQ = 12 item General Health Questionnaire; JCQ = Job Content Questionnaire. | |||||||||
| Indicators of health problems | |||||||||
| Presence at least one long term disease | 1.66** | 1.48* | 1.62** | 2.35*** | 2.23*** | 2.49*** | 2.77*** | 2.38** | 2.36** |
| (1.18 to 2.32) | (1.04 to 2.10) | (1.13 to 2.34) | (1.53 to 3.61) | (1.43 to 3.47) | (1.57 to 3.96) | (1.61 to 4.77) | (1.36 to 4.17) | (1.29 to 4.29) | |
| Likeliness of mental illness (GHQ-Likert total score per SD increase) | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.05** | 1.04 | 0.98 |
| (0.99 to 1.04) | (0.98 to 1.04) | (0.96 to 1.03) | (0.98 to 1.04) | (0.97 to 1.03) | (0.93 to 1.02) | (1.01 to 1.09) | (1.00 to 1.08) | (0.93 to 1.04) | |
| Fatigue (CIS total score per SD increase) | 1.06 | 1.04 | 0.86 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 0.97 | 1.79*** | 1.75*** | 1.48 |
| (0.91 to 1.26) | (0.87 to 1.24) | (0.69 to 1.08) | (0.93 to 1.41) | (0.92 to 1.43) | (0.71 to 1.32) | (1.37 to 2.35) | (1.31 to 2.33) | (0.99 to 2.21) | |
| Psychosocial work environment | |||||||||
| JCQ total score per subscale | |||||||||
| Job demands (per SD increase) | 1.08 | 1.06 | 0.97 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 1.02 | 1.25 | 1.19 | 1.19 |
| (0.92 to 1.28) | (0.90 to 1.26) | (0.81 to 1.17) | (0.90 to 1.35) | (0.89 to 1.35) | (0.81 to 1.28) | (0.96 to 1.62) | (0.91 to 1.55) | (0.90 to 1.56) | |
| Decision latitude (per SD increase) | 0.69*** | 0.76** | 0.78* | 0.64*** | 0.67*** | 0.72* | 0.58*** | 0.57*** | 0.59** |
| (0.59 to 0.81) | (0.64 to 0.90) | (0.64 to 0.96) | (0.52 to 0.79) | (0.54 to 0.83) | (0.56 to 0.93) | (0.45 to 0.74) | (0.42 to 0.75) | (0.42 to 0.82) | |
| Social support (per SD increase) | 0.82* | 0.85 | 0.9 | 0.78* | 0.80* | 0.92 | 0.74* | 0.79 | 1.06 |
| (0.70 to 0.97) | (0.71 to 1.00) | (0.74 to 1.11) | (0.63 to 0.95) | (0.65 to 0.99) | (0.72 to 1.18) | (0.57 to 0.97) | (0.61 to 1.04) | (0.77 to 1.46) | |
| Job satisfaction | 0.59** | 0.60* | 0.73 | 0.51** | 0.49** | 0.59 | 0.39** | 0.45** | 0.77 |
| (0.40 to 0.86) | (0.40 to 0.90) | (0.44 to 1.20) | (0.32 to 0.81) | (0.30 to 0.79) | (0.32 to 1.08) | (0.23 to 0.69) | (0.25 to 0.81) | (0.37 to 1.61) | |