Table III.

Work-related variables among patients who were sick certified after the consultation and patients who were not.

	Sick certified		Not sick certified
	n	Score3%	n	Score3%	p
Worry about work-related injury or illness1	61	57.0	127	38.0	< 0.001
Get on well at my work					< 0.01
Lowest quartile (= not very well)	41	36.3	74	21.4
Highest quartile (= well or fairly well)	23	20.4	92	26.6
Work score dimensions
Demands (low = 1; high = 5)	108	2.80	338	2.61	< 0.001
Work is done on time2	95	88.0	297	88.1	0.96
Work often involves conflicting demands2	17	16.2	39	12.0	0.27
Work results in physical exhaustion2	43	39.8	83	24.8	< 0.01
Work results in mental exhaustion2	44	40.7	93	27.8	< 0.05
Intellectual discretion (low = 1; high = 5)	108	3.42	339	3.62	0.001
Work is stimulating2	64	60.4	240	71.2	< 0.05
Work is important to society2	63	60.0	211	62.8	0.61
Work requires skill or expertise2	86	81.1	266	78.9	0.63
Work requires ingenuity2	69	63.9	228	67.7	0.47
Learn new things at work2	39	36.4	158	46.7	0.06
Monotonous work2	68	63.0	169	50.3	< 0.05
Authority over decisions (low = 1; high = 5)	108	3.16	339	3.45	< 0.001
Can influence work pace2	38	35.5	161	47.6	< 0.05
Can decide what to do during the working day2	38	35.5	157	46.7	< 0.05
Can influence how work is carried out2	56	52.8	236	70.2	<0.001
Can alternate between easy and difficult tasks2	40	37.0	158	47.3	0.06
Social support (low = 1; high = 5)	108	3.89	338	4.19	< 0.001
Can confer with co-workers on work tasks2	78	72.9	281	83.4	< 0.05
Supported by supervisor/manager on work tasks.2	55	51.4	234	70.2	< 0.001
Being together with co-workers is important2	79	74.5	278	83.7	< 0.05
The atmosphere at my workplace is good2	90	84.9	300	90.4	0.12
Work part-time	29	25.9	94	27.0	0.82
Worried about changes in work situation1	71	65.7	207	61.8	0.46

Notes: ¹ = always, mostly or sometimes; ² = always or mostly; ³ = mean value.