Adjusted* rate ratios and their 95% confidence intervals for medically certified sickness absences by the level of paid, domestic, and total working hours combined with the level of control over daily working hours (repeated measures Poisson regression GEE analyses according to work units) according to the type of work schedule (total population)
| Standard hours† | Shift work‡ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control over working hours§ | Control over working hours§ | ||||
| High n = 9053 (46%) | Low n = 10 720 (54%) | High n = 1648 (30%) | Low n = 3854 (70%) | ||
| *Adjusted for age, gender, occupational status, type of work contract, marital status, dependent children, consumption of alcohol, smoking, overweight, and sedentary lifestyle. | |||||
| †Weekdays, daytime only. | |||||
| ‡Work also on evenings/weekends/nights. | |||||
| §Low: values 1–2; high: values 2.5–5. | |||||
| ¶Paid and domestic working hours and hours commuting. | |||||
| Paid hours/week | ⩽40 | 1.00 | 1.25 (1.19–1.31) | 1.00 | 1.13 (1.04–1.23) |
| ⩽50 | 0.97 (0.90–1.04) | 1.21 (1.12–1.30) | 0.94 (0.81–1.10) | 1.19 (1.04–1.36) | |
| >50 | 1.00 (0.86–1.16) | 1.09 (0.96–1.25) | 1.13 (0.85–1.51) | 1.16 (0.93–1.45) | |
| Domestic hours/week | ⩽10 | 1.00 | 1.23 (1.14–1.34) | 1.00 | 1.17 (0.98–1.38) |
| ⩽25 | 1.10 (1.02–1.18) | 1.35 (1.25–1.45) | 1.03 (0.87–1.22) | 1.21 (1.03–1.48) | |
| >25 | 1.17 (1.06–1.29) | 1.48 (1.36–1.62) | 1.20 (0.96–1.50) | 1.26 (1.04–1.51) | |
| Commuting hours/week | ⩽2.5 | 1.00 | 1.19 (1.12–1.26) | 1.00 | 1.18 (1.04–1.34) |
| ⩽7.5 | 0.99 (0.93–1.06) | 1.29 (1.21–1.37) | 1.01 (0.88–1.16) | 1.17 (1.03–1.32) | |
| >7.5 | 1.08 (0.96–1.22) | 1.44 (1.32–1.59) | 1.22 (0.97–1.53) | 1.35 (1.15–1.57) | |
| Total hours/week¶ | ⩽50 | 1.00 | 1.19 (1.07–1.31) | 1.00 | 1.20 (0.97–1.50) |
| ⩽75 | 1.05 (0.96–1.14) | 1.35 (1.24–1.47) | 1.22 (1.01–1.48) | 1.38 (1.14–1.68) | |
| >75 | 1.25 (1.10–1.41) | 1.52 (1.36–1.71) | 1.29 (0.96–1.73) | 1.56 (1.24–1.95) | |