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Table 3 Incidence rate ratios (IRR) with 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for psychiatric healthcare in 2005–2010 among 11 346 MS patients not on disability pension (DP) and on DP in 2004, respectively, regarding different background factors

From: Is disability pension a risk indicator for future need of psychiatric healthcare or suicidal behavior among MS patients- a nationwide register study in Sweden?

IRR for psychiatric health carea

  

No DP

DP

 

IRR (95 % CI)

IRR (95 % CI)

Effect modifications X2 (p-values)

Sex

F

1.00 (0.90-1.11)

1.15 (1.05-1.26)

df 1, 4.74 (0.03)

M

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

 

Country of birth

Nordic

1.02 (0.67-1.55)

0.95 (0.72-1.25)

df 2, 2.19 (0.33)

World

0.91 (0.68-1.21)

1.09 (0.87-1.37)

 

Swe

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

 

Age group 2004

16-29

1.30 (1.03-1.65)

1.65 (1.26-2.17)

df 4, 4.69 (0.32)

30-39

1.12 (0.93-1.36)

1.09 (0.90-1.31)

 

40-49

1.18 (0.97-1.42)

1.08 (0.93-1.24)

 

50-59

0.97 (0.78-1.20)

0.84 (0.73-0.96)

 

60-64

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

 

Decade of MS diagnosis

1970s

1.20 (0.78-1.84)

0.87 (0.67-1.13)

df 3, 3.83 (0.28)

1980s

0.84 (0.62-1.13)

0.89 (0.75-1.05)

 

1990s

0.94 (0.72-1.23)

0.97 (0.84-1.12)

 

2000s

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

 

Marital status 2004

Not married

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

df 1, 1.05 (0.30)

Married

0.96 (0.86-1.06)

1.02 (0.95-1.11)

 

Education 2004

≤9 years

1.10 (0.94-1.28)

1.12 (0.99-1.27)

df 2, 4.98 (0.08)

10-12 years

1.02 (0.84-1.22)

0.83 (0.73-0.94)

 

>12 years

1 (REF)

1 (REF)

 
  1. aThe two models are adjusted for all main effects and the 6 interaction terms (i.e., effect-modifications) of interest