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. 2018 Aug 20;91(8):1051–1059. doi: 10.1007/s00420-018-1349-9

Table 3.

Associations between time pressure, sleep problems due to thoughts about work and sickness absence (SA) among 16,127 twins, odd ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI), by main occupational sector (main employer) the past three years

Sickness absence Time pressure Sleep problems
Main employer past 3 years OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
State 0.95 (0.75–1.20) 1.70 (1.30–2.24)
Municipality 0.92 (0.78–1.08) 1.38 (1.13–1.68)
County council 0.92 (0.71–1.20) 1.02 (0.71–1.47)
Private sector 0.88 (0.79–0.97) 1.31 (1.16–1.49)
Self-employed 1.22 (0.92–1.61) 1.17 (0.84–1.63)
Sickness absence
Stratified by main employer Crude Adjusted 1 Adjusted 2 Adjusted 3
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
State
Time pressure
 Twice a month or less 1 1 1 1
 Once a week or more 0.95 (0.75–1.20) 1.16 (0.89–1.51) 1.03 (0.77–1.38) 1.05 (0.77–1.42)
Sleep problems
 Twice a month or less 1 1 1 1
 Once a week or more 1.70 (1.30–2.24) 1.69 (1.25–2.27) 1.59 (1.15–2.19) 1.54 (1.11–2.13)
Municipality
 Time pressure
 Twice a month or less 1 1 1 1
 Once a week or more 0.92 (0.78–1.08) 1.02 (0.85–1.21) 0.91 (0.75–1.11) 0.93 (0.77–1.14)
Sleep problems
 Twice a month or less 1 1 1 1
 Once a week or more 1.38 (1.13–1.68) 1.43 (1.16–1.76) 1.33 (1.07–1.65) 1.26 (1.00-1.58)
County council
Time pressure
 Twice a month or less 1 1 1 1
 Once a week or more 0.92 (0.71–1.20) 1.06 (0.80–1.40) 0.95 (0.70–1.28) 1.04 (0.76–1.43)
Sleep problems
 Twice a month or less 1 1 1 1
 Once a week or more 1.02 (0.71–1.47) 1.11 (0.76–1.62) 1.02 (0.67–1.56) 1.07 (0.68–1.67)
Private
Time pressure
 Twice a month or less 1 1 1 1
 Once a week or more 0.88 (0.79–0.97) 0.99 (0.89–1.10) 0.95 (0.84–1.07) 0.95 (0.84–1.08)
Sleep problems
 Twice a month or less 1 1 1 1
 Once a week or more 1.31 (1.16–1.49) 1.32 (1.16–1.51) 1.25 (1.09–1.44) 1.20 (1.03–1.38)
Self employed
Time pressure
 Twice a month or less 1 1 1 1
 Once a week or more 1.22 (0.92–1.61) 1.32 (0.98–1.79) 0.94 (0.62–1.44) 0.90 (0.58–1.41)
Sleep problems
 Twice a month or less 1 1 1 1
 Once a week or more 1.17 (0.84–1.63) 1.20 (0.84–1.71) 1.16 (0.72–1.84) 1.15 (0.70–1.90)

Adjusted 1 sex, age, education, marital status; Adjusted 2 sex, age, education, marital status, job demands, control, support. Adjusted 3 sex, age, education, marital status, job demands, control, support, SRH, previous SA