Table 4.
Sickness absence characteristics of persons with any sickness absence (n = 1889).
| Longest absence spell1) | Results from logistic regression analyses, final model | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Number of persons with any absence |
Number of absence days per year |
Short (1-3 days) |
Medium (4 -14 days) |
Long (>14 days) |
Medium versus short spells2) | Long versus short spells3) | Long versus medium spells4) | |
| Occupational group5) | n | median | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) |
| Doctors | 159 | 3 | 116 (73) | 34 (21) | 9 (6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Physio- therapists |
216 | 7 | 117 (54) | 78 (36) | 21 (10) | 2.24 (1.25-4.03) | 1.51 (0.58-3.96) | 0.95 (0.32-2.79) |
| Nurses | 594 | 8 | 265 (45) | 267 (45) | 62 (10) | 3.24 (1.94-5.40) | 2.27 (0.98-5.29) | 0.78 (0.29-2.07) |
| Medical secretaries |
269 | 8 | 111 (41) | 135 (50) | 23 (9) | 4.49 (2.60-7.78) | 2.09 (0.83-5.26) | 0.58 (0.20-1.67) |
| Nursing assistants |
437 | 11 | 131 (30) | 235 (54) | 71 (16) | 5.84 (3.41-9.99) | 4.25 (1.83-9.87) | 0.84 (0.31-2.27) |
| Cleaners/ porters |
214 | 12 | 47 (22) | 144 (67) | 23 (11) | 11.2 (6.08-20.8) | 4.71 (1.82-2.19) | 0.72 (0.25-2.07) |
| Total | 1889 | 9 | 787 (42) | 893 (47) | 209 (11) | |||
| p6) | <0.0001 | 0.0003 | 0.8151 | |||||
| Mean change of estimates compared to start model |
6.2% | -11.0% | 3.4% | |||||
By occupational group. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of medium versus short, long versus short and long versus medium spells, adjusted for other significant covariates in multiple logistic regression analysis (see text).
1) Short = only short spells. Medium = any medium but no long spells. Long = any long spells. See figure 1.
2) Adjusted for age, gender, work-place unit, follow-up time, overall demands, control, job strain and general health. Persons with long spells (n = 209) were excluded from the analyses.
3) Adjusted for age, gender, work-place unit, follow-up time,violence and general health. Persons with medium spells (n = 893) were excluded from the analyses
4) Adjusted for age, gender, work-place unit, follow-up time, violence, insecurity at work, duties and general health. Persons with short spells (n = 787) were excluded from the analyses.
5) See table 1.
6) Probability of no difference between occupational groups, χ2-test.