Borderline personality symptoms and work performance: a population-based survey

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Borderline personality symptoms among workers (N = 3672) and type of working conditions as correlates of impaired work performance

Work loss days	0 days	0.1–5 days			> 5.1 days
Work loss days		Model 1 Adj. RRR [95% CI]	Model 2 Adj. RRR [95% CI]	Model 3 Adj. RRR [95% CI]	Model 1 Adj. RRR [95% CI]	Model 2 Adj. RRR [95% CI]	Model 3 Adj. RRR [95% CI]
Borderline personality symptoms (0–6)	Ref	1.25 [1.13–1.38]	1.20 [1.08–1.34]	1.14 [1.00–1.28]	1.36 [1.22–1.51]	1.21 [1.07–1.37]	1.16 [1.02–1.33]
Type of working condition
Decision latitude (24–96)	Ref	1.00 [0.99–1.01]	0.99 [0.98–1.01]	1.00 [0.99–1.01]	0.98 [0.97–1.00]	0.99 [0.97–1.00]	0.99 [0.98–1.00]
Psychological job demands (12–48)	Ref	1.00 [0.98–1.03]	1.00 [0.98–1.02]	1.00 [0.97–1.02]	1.04 [1.01–1.06]	1.04 [1.01–1.06]	1.03 [1.00–1.06]
Job security (3–10)	Ref	0.85 [0.78–0.92]	0.86 [0.80–0.94]	0.86 [0.79–0.93]	0.83 [0.76–0.91]	0.85 [0.78–0.94]	0.88 [0.80–0.97]
Co-worker support (4–16)	Ref	0.97 [0.91–1.03]	0.96 [0.90–1.02]	0.98 [0.92–1.05]	0.95 [0.88–1.03]	0.96 [0.88–1.05]	1.00 [0.92–1.10]

Adj Adjusted, CI Confidence interval, RRR Relative Risk Ratios
Ref: Reference category (0 days of work loss)
Model 1: adjusted for demographic variables sex and age,
Model 2: adjusted for sex, age, living situation, education and any 12-month mood disorder, any 12-month anxiety disorder and any 12-month substance use disorder,
Model 3: adjusted for model 2 as well as all variables in the column (borderline personality symptoms and the four working conditions).
Significant associations highlighted in bold

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