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Table 3 Crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for late RTW compared with early/medium late RTW among individuals currently on sick leave (n=1082, 354 men and 728 women) with regard to work capacity, adjusted for persisting mental illness and mental well-being: results of binary 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

Independent variable: work capacity in relation to demands at work

n(exposed)

Late RTW (≥105 days)

%

Crude OR (95% CI)

Model 1: OR(95% CI)a

Model 2: OR (95% CI)b

Model 3: OR (95% CI)c

Model 4: OR (95% CI)d

Model 5: OR (95% CI)e

Knowledge demands

High

451

68.3

1

1

1

1

1

1

Low

112

51.3

2.04 (1.43–2.91)

2.06 (1.44–2.95)

1.91 (1.33–2.75)

1.31 (0.85–2.02)

1.75 (1.21–2.53)

1.34 (0.87–2.06)

Mental demands

High

335

48.8

1

1

1

1

1

1

Low

225

64.1

1.87 (1.44–2.44)

1.93 (1.47–2.53)

1.79 (1.35–2.39)

1.35 (0.96–1.89)

1.52 (1.14–2.04)

1.17 (0.83–1.65)

Collaborative demands

High

408

50.3

1

1

1

1

1

1

Low

153

67.4

2.04 (1.50–2.78)

2.04 (1.49–2.79)

1.90 (1.37–2.62)

1.34 (0.90–2.00)

1.71 (1.23–2.36)

1.30 (0.87–1.94)

Physical demands

High

295

49.9

1

1

1

1

1

1

Low

273

60.1

1.51 (1.18–1.94)

1.53 (1.19–1.97)

1.50 (1.17–1.93)

1.25 (0.95–1.64)

1.44 (1.12–1.86)

1.24 (0.94–1.28)

  1. aAdjusted for gender and age.
  2. bAdjusted for gender, age and persisting mental illness.
  3. cAdjusted for gender, age, persisting mental illness, and the other three work capacity items.
  4. dAdjusted for gender, age and mental well-being.
  5. eAdjusted for gender, age, mental well-being, and the other three work capacity items.