Table 3.
Risk of sickness certification, sick leave over 16 days and over 12 weeks in a new episode of common mental disorders in Norwegian general practice, by gender. Odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals in brackets
| Males (N = 32 504) | Females (N = 45 399) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sickness certificate | Sick leave > 16 days | Sick leave > 12 weeks | Sickness certificate | Sick leave >16 days | Sick leave > 12 weeks | |
| Patient characteristics | ||||||
| Patient age/10 | 0.96** | 1.16*** | 1.31*** | 0.90*** | 1.03** | 1.11*** |
| [0.93, 0.98] | [1.12, 1.19] | [1.25, 1.36] | [0.88, 0.92] | [1.01, 1.06] | [1.07, 1.15] | |
| Labour income | 1.00*** | 1.00*** | 1.00 | 1.02*** | 1.02*** | 1.01*** |
| [1.00, 1.00] | [1.00, 1.00] | [1.00, 1.00] | [1.02, 1.02] | [1.01, 1.02] | [1.00, 1.01] | |
| Education: low education reference | ||||||
| Medium education | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.87** | 0.90*** | 1.00 | 0.94 |
| [0.90, 1.01] | [0.91, 1.04] | [0.78, 0.96] | [0.85, 0.95] | [0.94, 1.06] | [0.86, 1.02] | |
| High education | 0.72*** | 0.83*** | 0.77*** | 0.79*** | 0.97 | 0.98 |
| [0.67, 0.78] | [0.77, 0.90] | [0.69, 0.87] | [0.75, 0.84] | [0.91, 1.04] | [0.90, 1.08] | |
| Civil status: unmarried reference | ||||||
| Married | 1.21*** | 1.23*** | 1.17** | 1.14*** | 1.25*** | 1.35*** |
| [1.13, 1.29] | [1.15, 1.33] | [1.05, 1.31] | [1.08, 1.20] | [1.18, 1.32] | [1.24, 1.47] | |
| Divorced | 1.19*** | 1.16*** | 1.04 | 1.17*** | 1.24*** | 1.33*** |
| [1.10, 1.28] | [1.07, 1.27] | [0.91, 1.18] | [1.10, 1.24] | [1.16, 1.33] | [1.21, 1.47] | |
| Diagnosis, depression reference | ||||||
| Anxiety | 0.36*** | 0.40*** | 0.42*** | 0.38*** | 0.43*** | 0.54*** |
| [0.33, 0.39] | [0.36, 0.44] | [0.36, 0.49] | [0.35, 0.41] | [0.39, 0.47] | [0.47, 0.61] | |
| Sleep | 0.39*** | 0.27*** | 0.22*** | 0.39*** | 0.35*** | 0.26*** |
| [0.36, 0.43] | [0.24, 0.31] | [0.18, 0.27] | [0.36, 0.43] | [0.31, 0.39] | [0.22, 0.31] | |
| Stress-related | 3.94*** | 1.50*** | 0.80*** | 3.63*** | 1.64*** | 1.00 |
| [3.63, 4.28] | [1.39, 1.62] | [0.71, 0.90] | [3.39, 3.89] | [1.55, 1.74] | [0.92, 1.08] | |
| Addiction | 0.37*** | 0.38*** | 0.46*** | 0.27*** | 0.26*** | 0.29*** |
| [0.33, 0.43] | [0.32, 0.45] | [0.37, 0.57] | [0.21, 0.36] | [0.18, 0.37] | [0.18, 0.48] | |
| Other mental | 1.15*** | 1.08 | 0.91 | 1.44*** | 1.34*** | 1.20*** |
| [1.06, 1.24] | [0.99, 1.17] | [0.81, 1.02] | [1.34, 1.54] | [1.25, 1.43] | [1.11, 1.31] | |
| Year on GP list | 1.01 | 1.01 | 0.82*** | 1.02*** | 1.02** | 1.02* |
| [1.00, 1.02] | [0.99, 1.02] | [0.74, 0.90] | [1.01, 1.03] | [1.01, 1.03] | [1.00, 1.03] | |
| GP characteristics | ||||||
| GP specialist | 0.90** | 0.87*** | 0.85* | 0.92** | 0.88*** | 0.92* |
| [0.83, 0.97] | [0.81, 0.93] | [0.73, 0.99] | [0.86, 0.98] | [0.83, 0.93] | [0.85, 0.99] | |
| GP male | 1.00 | 0.91* | 0.87 | 1.08** | 0.96 | 0.92* |
| [0.92, 1.07] | [0.85, 0.98] | [0.74, 1.02] | [1.02, 1.15] | [0.91, 1.01] | [0.86, 0.99] | |
| GP age/10 | 0.96* | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.96* | 0.99 | 0.97 |
| [0.93, 1.00] | [0.95, 1.02] | [0.88, 1.04] | [0.93, 1.00] | [0.96, 1.03] | [0.93, 1.02] | |
| List length | 0.99 | 0.99** | 1.00 | 0.99 | 0.99*** | 0.97*** |
| [0.99, 1.00] | [0.98, 1.00] | [0.98, 1.01] | [0.99, 1.00] | [0.98, 0.99] | [0.97, 0.98] | |
| N | 32 504 | 32 504 | 32 504 | 45 399 | 45 399 | 45 399 |
N = 77 903 employed patients aged 18–67.
Multiple logistic regression analysis: * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001.