Figure 1.

The role of presenteeism (work completed and distraction avoided despite health problem) in the relationship between psychosocial aspects of work and common mental disorders (CMD). Legend: D1: fast work, D2: intensive work, D3: work effort, D4: time available, D5: conflicting demands, H1: learning new things, H2: skill and expertise, H3: using initiative, A1: how to do work, A2: what to do at work, SS1: work environment, SS2: relationship with co-workers, SS3: support from co-workers, SS4: co-workers’ understanding, SS5: relationship with supervisor(s), SS6: satisfaction with team; P1: hard to deal with stress at work; P2: manage to complete difficult tasks; P3: no pleasure in work; P4: hopeless about completing some tasks; P5: manage to concentrate on goals; P6: energetic enough to complete all work. The signs (+ or -) refer to the expected associations between the variables.