Table 2.

Associations of emotional demands at work at baseline with risk of long-term sickness absence during 52 weeks of follow-up

	n	Cases	Cases per 1000 PY	Unadjusted		Model 1		Model 2
				HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
Emotional demands score
One-unit increase	26 410	1002	45	1.27	1.19 to 1.36	1.18	1.10 to 1.27	1.10	1.02 to 1.18
Perceived emotional demands at work
One-unit increase	26 410	1002	45	1.25	1.17 to 1.33	1.20	1.12 to 1.28	1.08	1.01 to 1.16
Never/seldom	9525	282	34	1.00		1.00		1.00
Sometimes	10 567	394	44	1.27	1.09 to 1.48	1.15	0.98 to 1.35	1.06	0.91 to 1.25
Often	5171	262	60	1.74	1.47 to 2.06	1.55	1.30 to 1.84	1.24	1.04 to 1.48
Always	1147	64	67	1.93	1.47 to 2.53	1.70	1.30 to 2.24	1.25	0.94 to 1.65
Content-related emotional demands at work
One-unit increase	26 410	1002	45	1.14	1.08 to 1.19	1.07	1.01 to 1.13	1.05	1.00 to 1.11
Never/seldom	9947	325	38	1.00		1.00		1.00
Sometimes	7368	273	43	1.14	0.97 to 1.34	1.03	0.87 to 1.21	1.02	0.87 to 1.20
Often	5386	218	48	1.25	1.06 to 1.49	1.07	0.89 to 1.27	1.02	0.86 to 1.22
Always	3709	186	60	1.56	1.30 to 1.87	1.28	1.07 to 1.55	1.22	1.01 to 1.47

Model 1: Age, sex, education, cohabitation and children living at home.

Model 2: Age, sex, education, cohabitation, children living at home and MDI.

PY, person-years.