Relative risk of exit from paid employment of workers with a chronic disease with at least a 1 SD change in working conditions compared with those without change and consecutive favourable working conditions (total population, n=4820, observations=9532)
| % total study population | % exit from paid employment between Tn+1 and Tn+2 | Model* relative risk (95% CI) | |
| Physical workload—consecutive favourable | 57.7 | 7.9 | 1 |
| Physical workload—consecutive adverse | 37.2 | 7.1 | 0.94 (0.75 to 1.18) |
| Physical workload—adverse change | 2.6 | 8.6 | 1.20 (0.70 to 2.08) |
| Physical workload—favourable change | 2.4 | 4.3 | 0.46 (0.22 to 0.94) |
| Psychological job demands—consecutive favourable | 40.9 | 7.4 | 1 |
| Psychological job demands—consecutive adverse | 48.1 | 7.0 | 1.07 (0.86 to 1.33) |
| Psychological job demands—adverse change | 5.5 | 9.4 | 1.34 (0.92 to 1.97) |
| Psychological job demands—favourable change | 5.4 | 11.4 | 1.57 (1.09 to 2.24) |
| Job autonomy—consecutive favourable | 53.8 | 7.1 | 1 |
| Job autonomy—consecutive adverse | 32.5 | 7.3 | 1.08 (0.86 to 1.35) |
| Job autonomy—adverse change | 7.0 | 9.9 | 1.38 (0.99 to 1.93) |
| Job autonomy—favourable change | 6.7 | 8.9 | 1.25 (0.87 to 1.77) |
| Emotional job demands—consecutive favourable | 36.0 | 7.9 | 1 |
| Emotional job demands—consecutive adverse | 46.2 | 6.5 | 0.82 (0.65 to 1.03) |
| Emotional job demands—adverse change | 8.7 | 10.5 | 1.34 (0.98 to 1.83) |
| Emotional job demands—favourable change | 9.1 | 8.3 | 0.98 (0.71 to 1.36) |
| Social support at work—consecutive favourable | 39.7 | 6.6 | 1 |
| Social support at work—consecutive adverse | 44.4 | 7.7 | 1.14 (0.91 to 1.41) |
| Social support at work—adverse change | 8.6 | 11.4 | 2.07 (1.52 to 2.81) |
| Social support at work—favourable change | 7.3 | 7.0 | 1.08 (0.74 to 1.56) |
*Adjusted for age, sex, educational level, contract hours, marital status and multimorbidity.