Table 3.
Adjusted risk of Absenteeism for those with and without co-morbid psychological distress compared to the reference group that had neither the indexed health condition nor co-morbid psychological distress, using negative binomial logistic regression; reporting Incidence Rate Ratios (IRR)
| Without co-morbid PD | With co-morbid PD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH CONDITION | Model n | % | IRR (95%CIs) | % | IRR (95%CIs) |
| Arthritis | 62295 | 3.5 | 1.07* (1.01-1.13) | 0.2 | 1.41* (1.08-1.83) |
| Asthma | 63021 | 6.3 | 1.03 (0.99-1.08) | 0.3 | 1.15 (0.94-1.40) |
| Back/neck pain | 67715 | 29.6 | 1.02 (0.99-1.05) | 1.5 | 1.33** (1.22-1.46) |
| Cancers | 71446 | 3.1 | 1.08* (1.02-1.15) | 0.14 | 1.83** (1.44-2.43) |
| COPD | 68787 | 0.4 | 1.44 (0.96-1.35) | 0.03 | 1.63 (0.91-2.91) |
| CVD | 70954 | 0.8 | 0.96 (0.85-1.08) | 0.06 | 1.34 (0.87-2.06) |
| Drug & Alcohol | 69237 | 3.0 | 1.32* (1.00-1.75) | 0.5 | 1.48† (0.99-2.23) |
| Diabetes | 70816 | 2.0 | 0.89*(0.83-0.96) | 0.12 | 1.15 (0.85-1.55) |
| Fatigue/sleep problems | 71555 | 0.6 | 0.99 (0.86-1.13) | 0.10 | 1.28 (0.93-1.74) |
| High Blood Pressure | 68091 | 8.1 | 0.94* (0.90-0.98) | 0.3 | 1.19† (1.00-1.42) |
| High Cholesterol | 65817 | 5.7 | 0.93* (0.89-0.98) | 0.2 | 1.27*(1.03-1.57) |
| Migraine/severe headache | 67969 | 9.1 | 1.01 (0.97-1.05) | 0.7 | 1.29** (1.14-1.46) |
| Obesity | 68980 | 11.0 | 1.06* (1.02-1.09) | 0.7 | 1.33** (1.17-1.51) |
| Workplace Injury | 72095 | 7.0 | 1.19** (1.14-1.24) | 0.5 | 1.46** (1.26-1.69) |
Adjusting for: treatment-seeking behaviour, number of co-morbidities, income, industry, public/private sector, occupation, contractor, supervisory role, rate of work accidents per employer, age, education, sex, job security, hours worked in last week, marital status, children, and hours expected to work p.w. (as perceived by employee)
*: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.001; † trend < 0.1