Table 5. Associations between number of somatic symptoms and sickness absence for >5 days in past 12 months for non-musculoskeletal reasons.
| Number of somatic symptoms | Duration of sickness absence in past 12 months for reasons other than musculoskeletal pain | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | >5 days | |||||
| N | N | PRRa | (95%CI) | PAFb (%) | (95%CI) | |
| 0 | 3,982 | 408 | 1 | |||
| 1 | 1,377 | 225 | 1.4 | (1.1–1.7) | 5.1 | (2.3–7.9) |
| 2 | 863 | 200 | 1.8 | (1.6–2.2) | 7.7 | (5.8–9.6) |
| 3 | 453 | 135 | 2.3 | (1.8–2.8) | 6.3 | (4.4–8.2) |
| 4 | 266 | 104 | 2.8 | (2.2–3.4) | 5.5 | (3.5–7.6) |
| 5 | 154 | 60 | 2.7 | (2.1–3.5) | 3.2 | (1.7–4.7) |
| 6 | 70 | 34 | 2.9 | (2.0–4.1) | 1.9 | (0.8–2.9) |
| 7 | 44 | 28 | 3.2 | (2.4–4.2) | 1.6 | (0.7–2.5) |
| ≥1 | 3,227 | 786 | 1.9 | (1.6–2.2) | 30.4 | (23.9–36.9) |
| ≥3 | 987 | 361 | 2.5 | (2.1–3.1) | 18.4 | (10.9–25.8) |
a Prevalence rate ratio relative to no sickness absence in past 12 months for non-musculoskeletal reasons, adjusted for sex and age (in four 10-year strata)
b Population attributable fraction