Table 4 Odds ratios for health impairment, as indicated by poor self‐rated health, GHQ‐caseness and doctor‐diagnosed depression, by levels of effort‐reward imbalance and combined organisational injustice among healthy employees at baseline*.
| Psychosocial factor | Incident poor self‐rated health | Incident GHQ‐caseness | Incident doctor‐diagnosed depression | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10‐Town study | Hospital Personnel study | 10‐Town study | Hospital Personnel study | 10‐Town study | Hospital Personnel study | |
| Effort‐reward imbalance (quartiles) | ||||||
| 1 (lowest) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 2 | 1.00 (0.87 to 1.14) | 1.20 (0.95 to 1.53) | 1.25 (1.09 to 1.42) | 1.23 (0.97 to 1.57) | 1.01 (0.81 to 1.25) | 1.54 (0.93 to 2.55) |
| 3 | 1.11 (0.98 to 1.26) | 0.89 (0.68 to 1.18) | 1.40 (1.4 to 1.59) | 1.26 (0.96 to 1.64) | 1.06 (0.87 to 1.28) | 1.43 (0.82 to 2.48) |
| 4 (highest) | 1.44 (1.27 to 1.65) | 1.30 (1.00 to 1.69) | 1.85 (1.63 to 2.11) | 1.38 (1.06 to 1.79) | 1.49 (1.22 to 1.81) | 1.52 (0.89 to 2.58) |
| Test for trend | p<0.001 | p = 0.25 | p<0.001 | p = 0.03 | p<0.001 | p = 0.24 |
| Organisational injustice (quartiles) | ||||||
| 1 (lowest) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 2 | 1.08 (0.95 to 1.23) | 1.03 (0.80 to 1.32) | 1.29 (1.13 to 1.46) | 1.30 (1.00 to 1.67) | 1.12 (0.92 to 1.38) | 0.96 (0.56 to 1.64) |
| 3 | 1.26 (1.10 to 1.43) | 1.14 (0.88 to 1.46) | 1.29 (1.14 to 1.47) | 1.62 (1.25 to 2.08) | 1.24 (1.01 to 1.52) | 1.46 (0.89 to 2.41) |
| 4 (highest) | 1.36 (1.18 to 1.55) | 1.20 (0.93 to 1.55) | 1.56 (1.37 to 1.79) | 1.64 (1.26 to 2.13) | 1.52 (1.24 to 1.86) | 1.87 (1.15 to 3.05) |
| Test for trend | p<0.001 | p = 0.08 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p<0.001 | p = 0.002 |
*Models include age, sex, occupational status, effort‐reward imbalance and organisational injustice as predictors.