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. 2021 Feb 17;11(2):e041870. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041870

Table 5.

The effect of multimorbidity on productivity loss

Variables Productivity loss
Labour participation* Days primary activity missed† Days confined in bed†
aOR (95% CI) P value IRR (95% CI) P value IRR (95% CI) P value
Number of NCDs (ref. no NCD)
 Single NCD 0.65 (0.54 to 0.79) <0.0001 1.25 (1.08 to 1.43) 0.002 1.09 (0.84 to 1.43) 0.509
 Two NCDs 0.45 (0.35 to 0.57) <0.0001 1.90 (1.58 to 2.29) <0.0001 1.87 (1.33 to 2.61) <0.0001
 Three or more NCDs 0.23 (0.16 to 0.33) <0.0001 2.59 (1.97 to 3.41) <0.0001 2.64 (1.60 to 4.36) <0.0001
Period (ref. 2007)
 2014 0.69 (0.59 to 0.81) <0.0001 1.66 (1.46 to 1.88) <0.0001 1.79 (1.40 to 2.29) <0.0001
Sex (ref. male)
 Female 0.21 (0.17 to 0.26) <0.0001 0.99 (0.86 to 1.14) 0.912 0.92 (0.70 to 1.21) 0.567
Age (ref. 50–60 years)
 61–70 years 0.37 (0.31 to 0.45) <0.0001 0.99 (0.86 to 1.14) 0.859 1.07 (0.81 to 1.41) 0.617
 71+ years 0.10 (0.07 to 0.13) <0.0001 1.20 (1.00 to 1.44) 0.047 1.93 (1.37 to 2.72) <0.0001
Marital status (ref. not married)
 Currently married 1.51 (1.23 to 1.84) <0.0001 1.13 (0.98 to 1.31) 0.089 0.88 (0.67 to 1.17) 0.395
Educational level (ref. no education)
 Primary 0.89 (0.71 to 1.11) 0.305 0.92 (0.79 to 1.07) 0.263 1.00 (0.75 to 1.33) 0.999
 Junior high school 0.41 (0.29 to 0.57) <0.0001 0.94 (0.74 to 1.20) 0.631 0.87 (0.54 to 1.40) 0.570
 Senior high school 0.41 (0.29 to 0.58) <0.0001 0.68 (0.53 to 0.87) 0.002 0.81 (0.51 to 1.28) 0.362
 Tertiary 0.51 (0.31 to 0.82) 0.006 0.54 (0.38 to 0.78) 0.001 0.37 (0.18 to 0.78) 0.009
Ethnicity (ref. Javanese)
 Sundanese 0.50 (0.37 to 0.67) <0.0001 1.35 (1.11 to 1.65) 0.003 1.28 (0.89 to 1.85) 0.179
 Others 0.77 (0.61 to 0.98) 0.033 1.11 (0.95 to 1.30) 0.188 1.12 (0.84 to 1.49) 0.436
Insurance coverage (ref. no)
 Yes 0.85 (0.72 to 1.01) 0.071 1.08 (0.95 to 1.22) 0.258 1.05 (0.82 to 1.34) 0.704
Type of work (ref. unemployed)
 Casual N/A N/A 0.62 (0.51 to 0.75) <0.0001 0.32 (0.22 to 0.47) <0.0001
 Self-employed N/A N/A 0.62 (0.53 to 0.71) <0.0001 0.42 (0.32 to 0.56) <0.0001
 Government/private N/A N/A 0.57 (0.45 to 0.72) <0.0001 0.45 (0.28 to 0.73) 0.001
Per capita household expenditure (ref. Q1)
 Q2 1.37 (1.08 to 1.75) 0.011 1.03 (0.86 to 1.23) 0.744 1.05 (0.74 to 1.49) 0.769
 Q3 1.33 (1.03 to 1.71) 0.028 1.15 (0.96 to 1.38) 0.130 1.06 (0.75 to 1.50) 0.737
 Q4 1.12 (0.87 to 1.46) 0.379 1.05 (0.87 to 1.27) 0.627 1.02 (0.71 to 1.46) 0.914
 Q5 1.34 (1.01 to 1.77) 0.043 1.29 (1.05 to 1.58) 0.015 0.92 (0.63 to 1.35) 0.668
Residence (ref. Rural)
 Urban 0.44 (0.35 to 0.54) <0.0001 0.93 (0.81 to 1.07) 0.296 0.70 (0.54 to 0.89) 0.004
Region (ref. Java-Bali)
 Sumatra 0.95 (0.73 to 1.25) 0.735 1.13 (0.94 to 1. to 36) 0.194 1.01 (0.73 to 1.40) 0.956
 Nusa Tenggara 0.74 (0.48 to 1.14) 0.177 0.90 (0.68 to 1.20) 0.472 1.14 (0.67 to 1.93) 0.638
 Kalimantan 1.21 (0.75 to 1.94) 0.440 0.90 (0.67 to 1.22) 0.511 0.89 (0.51 to 1.57) 0.688
 Sulawesi 0.39 (0.24 to 0.62) <0.0001 0.99 (0.72 to 1.36) 0.948 0.94 (0.53 to 1.69) 0.845

*Multilevel logistic regression model.

†Multilevel negative binomial regression model.

aOR, adjusted OR; IRR, incidence rate ratio; NCD, non-communicable disease.