Table 2.
The association between psychological job demands, decision control, and the demand-control [39] job types on return to work, 18 months after participation in a return-to-work programme
| Variable | Unadjusted | Adjustedb | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n a | HR | 95% CI | p | n a | HR | 95% CI | p | |
| Psychological job demands | 405 | .688 | .551–.859 | .001 | 363 | .654 | .513–.832 | .001 |
| Decision control | 408 | 1.322 | 1.059–1.650 | 0.014 | 366 | 1.297 | 1.010–1.666 | .042 |
| The DC job typesc | 385 | .005 | 348 | 004 | ||||
| Low-strain jobs | 1.750 | 1.282–2.389 | .000 | 1.811 | 1.287–2.549 | .001 | ||
| Passive jobs | 1.496 | .1.075–2.082 | .017 | 1.599 | 1.107–2.309 | .012 | ||
| Active jobs | 1.369 | .991–1.890 | .057 | 1.281 | .887–1.849 | .186 | ||
Abbreviations: HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, DC demand-control model
aall predictors could not be assessed for every subject due to missing values. bAdjusted for age, gender, educational level, marital status, diagnoses, previous sickness absence, workplace sector and household income c high-strain jobs were used as a reference value