The relationship between having a job and the outcome of brief therapy in patients with common mental disorders

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Regression output of significant interaction variables of step 4^a

Variable	Category	N (%) or mean (sd)	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Model 4
Employment	No		Reference group
	Yes	9393 (66.7)	1.54 (1.18–2.02)	< 0.01
Age Category	< 30	1505 (32.2)	Reference group
	30–40	826 (17.7)	0.80 (0.65 – 0.99)	0.04
	40–50	782 (16.7)	0.64 (0.51 – 0.80)	< 0.01
	50–60	785 (16.8)	0.72 (0.57 – 0.89)	< 0.01
	60+	781 (16.7)	0.91 (0.72–1.16)	0.45
Living condition	Single	1117 (23.9)	Reference group
	Single parent	426 (9.1)	1.07 (0.82–1.40)	0.60
	With partner	822 (17.6)	1.22 (0.96–1.56)	0.10
	With partner and children	893 (19.1)	1.10 (0.84–1.44)	0.48
	Child (18+) with parents	273 (5.8)	1.24 (0.91–1.69)	0.16
	Child (18+) with single parent	129 (2.8)	1.70 (1.14–2.52)	0.01
	Other	240 (5.1)	0.92 (0.66–1.26)	0.61
	Unknown ^b	779 (16.6)
Employment * Age Category	< 30	2952 (31.4)	Reference group
	30–40	2550 (27.1)	1.19 (0.94–1.51)	0.159
	40–50	1901 (20.2)	1.29 (0.99–1.67)	0.059
	50–60	1557 (16.6)	0.97 (0.75–1.27)	0.836
	60+	433 (4.6)	0.72 (0.52 – 0.9980)	0.049
Employment * Living condition	Single	1705 (18.2)	Reference group
	Single parent	607 (6.5)	0.87 (0.62–1.21)	0.41
	With partner	1787 (19.0)	0.89 (0.67–1.18)	0.42
	With partner and children	2700 (28.7)	0.97 (0.71–1.34)	0.87
	Child (18+) with parents	409 (4.4)	0.99 (0.67–1.46)	0.97
	Child (18+) with single parent	176 (1.9)	0.58 (0.34–0. 96)	0.04
	Other	355 (3.8)	1.12 (0.75–1.68)	0.57
	Unknown ^b	1654 (17.6)

^a Adjusted for the confounding variables in Model 2
^b The calculation of OR and CI for this category was not possible due to correlation with the unknown category in marital status

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