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. 2023 Mar 30;49(3):222–230. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.4078

Table 3.

Effects of office design and access to telework from home on self-certified sickness absence. [OR=odd ratio; CI=confidence interval; IRR=incidence rate ratio; TWFH=telework from home.] Statistically significant coefficients in bold.

Model 1 a Model 2 b Model 3 b



OR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI)
Zero hurdle model
 Conventional shared-room office c 1.36(1.16–1.61) 1.06 (0.88–1.27) 0.96 (0.72–1.28)
 Conventional open-plan office c 1.78 (1.54–2.06) 1.32 (1.13–1.54) 0.91 (0.68–1.23)
 Non-territorial office c 1.51 (1.21–1.88) 1.14 (0.90–1.44) 1.08 (0.76–1.52)
 Access to telework from home 0.83 (0.73–0.94) 0.86 (0.74–0.99) 0.74 (0.60–0.91)
 Conventional shared-room office × access to TWFH 1.14 (0.80–1.63)
 Conventional open-plan office × access to TWFH 1.63 (1.16–2.30)
 Non-territorial office × access to TWFH 1.04 (0.65–1.65)
Count data model
 Conventional shared-room office c 1.25 (1.06–1.48) 1.05 0.88–1.25) 0.97 (0.74–1.26)
 Conventional open-plan office c 1.15 (0.99–1.33) 1.02 (0.88–1.17) 1.17 (0.90–1.53)
 Non-territorial office c 1.37 (1.11–1.69) 1.17 (0.95–1.44) 1.15 (0.85–1.54)
 Access to TWFH 0.91 (0.80–1.04) 1.01 (0.89–1.15) 1.03 (0.84–1.26)
 Conventional shared-room office × access to TWFH 1.16 (0.83–1.61)
 Conventional open-plan office × access to TWFH 0.82 (0.60–1.12)
 Non-territorial office × access to TWFH 1.05 (0.69–1.59)
a

Crude, unadjusted, model.

b

Model adjusted for age, gender, education level, leadership responsibility, and time spent on office work.

c

Reference category = private office.