Table 4.
Univariate analyses with factors influencing sick leave in the last two weeks.
| Influencing factor | Sick Leave Days in Last Two Weeks (n = 251) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Wald ChiSquare Sig. | Odds Ratio | 95% Wald Confidence Interval for Odds Ratio Lower-Upper |
| Socio demographics | |||
| Age | 0.53 | 0.99 | 0.96–1.02 |
| Sex | 0.22 | 1.63 | 0.74–3.56 |
| Disease duration | 0.89 | 1.00 | 0.98–1.03 |
| Other chronic diseases | 0.74 | 1.14 | 0.53–2.47 |
| Numbers of days of work and school per week | 0.92 | 0.98 | 0.72–1.34 |
| Medium educational level | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.24–3.47 |
| High educational level | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.26–3.72 |
| Disease Severity and Quality of Life | |||
| Disease severity | 0.08 | 1.05 | 1.00–1.11 |
| Quality of life (total score) | 0.00 | 1.05 | 1.02–1.07 |
| Quality of life—subscale symptoms | 0.02 | 1.03 | 1.00–1.05 |
| Quality of life—subscale emotions | 0.00 | 1.03 | 1.01–1.05 |
| Quality of life—subscale functioning | 0.00 | 1.04 | 1.02–1.07 |
| Socio Occupational Factors | |||
| Symptom interference | 0.00 | 1.22 | 1.14–1.32 |
| Distress | 0.00 | 1.10 | 1.04–1.15 |
| Work pressure | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.93–1.09 |
| Job dissatisfaction | 0.00 | 1.08 | 1.02–1.13 |
| Little flexibility | 0.61 | 1.02 | 0.94–1.11 |
| Stressful home situation | 0.00 | 1.14 | 1.05–1.24 |
| Avoidance/uncertainty | 0.00 | 1.09 | 1.03–1.15 |
| Perfectionism/diligence | 0.07 | 0.95 | 0.90–1.00 |