Associations of individual symptoms of frailty with employment outcomes and perceptions
| Risk factors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight loss | Exhaustion | Weak grip | Slow walking speed | Low activity | |
| Outcomes | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) |
| Entire sample (n=8095) | |||||
| Not in work vs in work | 1.6 (1.3 to 1.9) | 3.8 (3.1 to 4.6) | 2.4 (2.1 to 2.8) | 6.8 (5.4 to 8.4) | 1.4 (1.3 to 1.7) |
| Left for a health reason vs not | 2.6 (2.1 to 3.2) | 7.9 (6.4 to 9.6) | 6.6 (5.5 to 7.8) | 14.8 (12.2 to 18.0) | 2.6 (2.2 to 3.1) |
| Those in work (maximum n=5486) | |||||
| Sick leave, days in past 12 months: | |||||
| Any vs none | 1.5 (1.2 to 1.8) | 2.9 (2.2 to 3.8) | 1.8 (1.5 to 2.2) | 3.1 (2.2 to 4.4) | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.4) |
| >20 days vs ≤20 days | 3.5 (2.7 to 4.6) | 3.9 (2.8 to 5.5) | 2.7 (2.0 to 3.6) | 5.1 (3.5 to 7.5) | 1.7 (1.3 to 2.3) |
| Cut down on work, past 12 months: | |||||
| Any vs none | 1.9 (1.6 to 2.3) | 3.7 (2.9 to 4.8) | 3.7 (3.1 to 4.6) | 6.9 (4.8 to 9.7) | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.5) |
| A lot vs not a lot (none/a little) | 2.6 (1.9 to 3.6) | 5.5 (4.0 to 7.7) | 4.4 (3.3 to 5.9) | 9.6 (6.7 to 13.7) | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.9) |
| Coping with work's physical demands (vs easily): | |||||
| With some/great difficulty | 1.8 (1.5 to 2.2) | 4.2 (3.3 to 5.5) | 5.6 (4.5 to 6.8) | 10.6 (7.1 to 15.9) | 1.5 (1.3 to 1.7) |
| Coping with work's mental demands (vs easily): | |||||
| With some/great difficulty | 1.4 (1.2 to 1.8) | 3.8 (2.9 to 4.9) | 2.4 (2.0 to 3.0) | 1.9 (1.3 to 2.6) | 1.3 (1.1 to 1.5) |
| Expecting to be able to cope in 2 years’ time (vs yes): | |||||
| No/not sure | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.1) | 3.6 (2.8 to 4.7) | 4.0 (3.2 to 4.8) | 7.4 (5.2 to 10.5) | 1.5 (1.2 to 1.7) |
| Lying awake at night worrying about work (vs sometimes/rarely/never): | |||||
| Often | 1.6 (1.2 to 2.0) | 5.0 (3.8 to 6.5) | 1.9 (1.5 to 2.4) | 2.4 (1.7 to 3.5) | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.7) |
| Job security (vs secure/very secure): | |||||
| Insecure/very insecure | 1.3 (1.0 to 1.6) | 1.8 (1.4 to 2.5) | 1.6 (1.3 to 2.0) | 2.1 (1.5 to 2.9) | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.2) |
ORs are adjusted for age and gender.