Table 1.
Incidence and recurrence density of sickness absence due to common mental disorders by type of mental disorder in men of different ages
| Index episode | Recurrent episodes | Median time-to-onset recurrence in months (95% CI) || | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median duration | Median duration | ||||||
| N | in days (95%CI) | ID (95%CI)† | N | in days (95%CI) | ID (95%CI)† | ||
| < 35 years | 783 | 37 (33-41) | 10.0 (9.3-10.8) | 93 | 36 (18-54) | 75.7 (61.8-89.6) | 8 (3-13) |
| 35 - 44 years | 1554 | 53 (49-57) | 22.2 (21.0-23.3) | 270 | 47 (39-55) | 75.0 (70.3-79.7) | 12 (10-15) |
| 45 - 54 years | 1903 | 54 (50-58) | 24.0 (23.0-25.1) | 362 | 49 (40-58) | 74.3 (70.8-77.8) | 12 (10-14) |
| ≥ 55 years | 464 | 52 (46-58) | 23.4 (21.6-25.2) | 86 | 42 (27-57) | 72.1 (58.1-86.0) | 10 (8-12) |
| Total men stress | 4704 | 49 (47-51) | 19.7 (19.1-20.2) | 811 | 46 (41-51) | 74.4 (72.9-76.0) | 11 (10-13) |
| < 35 years | 127 | 153 (94-212) | 1.6 (1.3-1.9) | 14 | 25 (0-110) | 70.0 (0-152.0) | 14 (8-20) |
| 35 - 44 years | 257 | 168 (141-195) | 3.6 (3.1-4.1) | 48 | 81 (36-126) | 97.0 (58.0-136.0) | 8 (0-15) |
| 45 - 54 years | 286 | 178 (144-212) | 3.7 (3.3-4.1) | 55 | 103 (33-173) | 80.1 (54.5-105.6) | 14 (9-19) |
| ≥ 55 years | 53 | 171 (100-242) | 3.0 (2.4-3.6) | 9 | 31 (2-60) | 73.9 (0-212.1) | 8 (1-15) |
| Total men psychiatric | 723 | 168 (150-186) | 3.0 (2.8-3.2) | 126 | 68 (39-97) | 83.8 (71.9-95.7) | 12 (8-15) |
| Total men CMD | 34,603 | 57 (54-60) | 21.8 (21.2-22.4) | 937 | 48 (43-53) | 75.6 (70.7-80.4) | 11 (10-13) |
† per 1000 person-years
|| in those with a recurrence
ID = incidence density
RD = recurrence density
CI = confidence interval
The table shows the age-distribution and the median duration (in days), ID and RD with their 95% CIs of sickness absence due to CMDs as well as the time-to-onset of recurrent sickness absence due to CMDs in months.