Associations between number of frailty symptoms and employment outcomes and perceptions by social class
| Frail vs not (≥3 vs 0 symptoms) | p Value for interaction | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher managerial | Intermediate occupations | Routine and manual occupations | ||
| Outcomes | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Entire sample (n=8095) | ||||
| Not in work vs in work | 7.8 (4.3 to 14.2) | 5.2 (3.0 to 9.0) | 15.9 (10.2 to 24.8) | <0.001 |
| Left for a health reason vs not | 29.4 (17.5 to 49.3) | 26.1 (15.2 to 44.8) | 27.4 (18.3 to 41.1) | 0.14 |
| Those in work (maximum n=5486) | ||||
| Sick leave, days past 12 months: | ||||
| Any vs none | 2.3 (0.9 to 5.8) | 2.9 (1.2 to 6.7) | 5.1 (2.2 to 12.0) | 0.52 |
| >20 days vs ≤20 days | 13.3 (5.1 to 34.8) | 5.1 (2.0 to 13.3) | 15.6 (7.1 to 34.1) | 0.44 |
| Cut down on work, past 12 months: | ||||
| Any vs none | 12.2 (4.4 to 33.9) | 6.0 (2.7 to 13.4) | 14.4 (5.8 to 35.7) | 0.48 |
| A lot vs not a lot (none/a little) | 21.7 (8.4 to 56.2) | 13.2 (5.5 to 31.6) | 23.1 (10.1 to 52.7) | 0.92 |
| Coping with work's physical demands (vs easily): | ||||
| With some/great difficulty | 17.8 (5.8 to 54.6) | 7.8 (3.3 to 18.4) | 31.9 (7.5 to 134.6) | 0.07 |
| Coping with work's mental demands (vs easily): | ||||
| With some/great difficulty | 3.5 (1.4 to 8.9) | 2.7 (1.2 to 6.1) | 10.1 (4.4 to 23.0) | 0.01 |
| Expecting to be able to cope in 2 years’ time (vs yes): | ||||
| No/not sure | 10.9 (3.8 to 31.2) | 9.9 (4.2 to 23.6) | 30.1 (9.0 to 100.2) | 0.38 |
| Lying awake at night worrying about work (vs sometimes/rarely/never): | ||||
| Often | 6.7 (2.7 to 16.7) | 4.1 (1.7 to 10.2) | 8.9 (4.1 to 19.7) | 0.24 |
| Job security (vs secure/very secure): | ||||
| Insecure/very insecure | 3.3 (1.3 to 8.4) | 2.9 (1.3 to 6.6) | 3.3 (1.6 to 7.2) | 0.90 |
ORs are adjusted for age and gender.