Table 3

Prospective impact of work related burnout at baseline on sickness absence days and sickness absence spells at three year follow up (prospective cohort, n = 824)

	Model I		Model II		Model III		Model IV		Model V
	Rate ratio	p value	Rate ratio	p value	Rate ratio	p value	Rate ratio	p value	Rate ratio	p value
*Increases of 1 standard deviation on the work related burnout scale. †Increases of 10 years.
Model I: Adjusted for age, gender.
Model II: Model I plus adjustment for organisation and SES.
Model III: Model II plus adjustment for BMI, smoking, alcohol consumption, and leisure time physical activity.
Model IV: Model III plus adjustment for family status and having children below the age of 7.
Model V: Model IV plus adjustment for prevalence of disease.
Sickness absence days
Work related burnout*
RR	1.31	<0.001	1.29	<0.001	1.26	<0.001	1.26	<0.001	1.21	<0.001
95% CI	1.20 to 1.42		1.18 to 1.40		1.16 to 1.37		1.16 to 1.37		1.11 to 1.32
Being a woman
RR	1.20	NS	1.40	0.02	1.50	0.004	1.50	0.004	1.39	0.03
95% CI	0.93 to 1.53		1.06 to 1.85		1.14 to 1.97		1.14 to 1.98		1.04 to 1.87
Age†
RR	0.91	NS	0.96	NS	0.94	NS	0.95	NS	0.96	NS
95% CI	0.82 to 1.01		0.86 to 1.06		0.85 to 1.04		0.84 to 1.06		0.86 to 1.08

Sickness absence spells
Work related burnout*
RR	1.19	<0.001	1.15	<0.001	1.13	<0.001	1.13	<0.001	1.09	0.01
95% CI	1.11 to 1.27		1.07 to 1.24		1.05 to 1.21		1.05 to 1.21		1.02 to 1.17
Being a woman
RR	1.00	NS	1.09	NS	1.13	NS	1.12	NS	1.05	NS
95% CI	0.82 to 1.21		0.88 to 1.35		0.91 to 1.39		0.90 to 1.39		1.05 to 0.83
Age†
RR	0.74	<0.001	0.77	<0.001	0.77	<0.001	0.76	<0.001	0.75	<0.001
95% CI	0.68 to 0.80		0.71 to 0.83		0.71 to 0.83		0.69 to 0.83		0.69 to 0.83