Medically certified and self certified sickness absences of victims of bullying and of other employees
| Absence rate per 100 person-years | Model I Rate ratio (95% CI) | Model II Rate ratio (95% CI) | Model III Rate ratio (95% CI) | Model IV Rate ratio (95% CI) | ||
| Medically certified sickness absence: | ||||||
| Not bullied (n=5353) | 4414 | 69.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Bullied (n=302) | 248 | 105.5 | 1.51 (1.31 to 1.72) | 1.46 (1.28 to 1.66) | 1.36 (1.19 to 1.58) | 1.26 (1.10 to 1.44) |
| Self certified sickness absence: | ||||||
| Not bullied (n=5353) | 4414 | 146.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Bullied (n=302) | 248 | 177.0 | 1.23 (1.12 to 1.36) | 1.23 (1.11 to 1.35) | 1.21 (1.09 to 1.34) | 1.16 (1.05 to 1.29) |
Model I=rate ratio adjusted for demographics (age, sex); model II=rate ratio adjusted for demographics and occupational background (job contract, working hours, income); model III=rate ratio adjusted for demographics, occupational background, behavioural risks, and health status (smoking, pack-years, alcohol consumption, sedentariness, body mass index, and diagnosed chronic diseases); model IV=rate ratio adjusted for demographics, occupational background, behavioural risks, health status, and baseline sickness absence.