Table 3

Fatigue as a predictor of time-to-onset of first short sickness absence spell. Number of subjects, crude RR, and adjusted RR

n*RR†95% CIn*RR‡95%
*Difference with total study population due to sick leave on 1 July 1998, due to restricted variety in sickness absence (no absence spells during follow up or first short absence spell) or due to missing data on one or more research variables.
†Crude odds ratio, increase per standard deviation in fatigue score.
‡Adjusted for gender, educational level, age, psychological demands, skill discretion, decision authority, supervisor support, and co-worker support, increase per standard deviation in fatigue score.
Incident short term sick leave65840.850.81–0.8961530.850.81–0.90