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Table 2 Adjusted odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for medium and late RTW compared with early RTW in relation to mental health problems for all participants in the cohort (n=2502), based on multiple multinomial logistic regression analyses, Health Assets Project, 2008

From: Self-assessed mental health problems and work capacity as determinants of return to work: a prospective general population-based study of individuals with all-cause sickness absence

 

Time until RTW

Medium late RTW (29–104 days)

Late RTW (≥105 days)

Model 1: OR

Model 2: OR

Model 1: OR

Model 2: OR

(95% CI)a

(95% CI)b

(95% CI)a

(95% CI)b

Persistent mental illness

Yes (reference: no)

1.33 (0.93–1.91)

1.29 (0.90–1.86)

3.08 (2.18–4.35)

2.97 (2.10–4.20)

Mental well-being

Low (reference: high)

0.98 (0.78–1.21)

0.96 (0.77–1.20)

2.94 (2.34–3.67)

2.89 (2.31–3.62)

  1. aAdjusted for gender, age, socioeconomic group and hours worked.
  2. bAdjusted for model 1 and sick-leave days in 2007.