Table 2.

Unadjusted and adjusted relationships between psychosocial working conditions and mental LTSA

	Without confounders						With confoundersa
Psychosocial working condition	OR	95% CI b	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
Job demands							Adjusted for job resources
Work pace	1.141	1.005 to 1.297	0.042	1.133	0.997 to 1.288	0.055	1.088	0.958 to 1.236	0.195
Cognitive demands	0.898	0.775 to 1.039	0.148	0.957	0.828 to 1.106	0.549	1.045	0.902 to 1.210	0.559
Emotional demands	1.411	1.229 to 1.620	0.000	1.367	1.191 to 1.570	0.000	1.304	1.135 to 1.498	0.000
Work-family interference	1.204	1.036 to 1.398	0.015	1.303	1.117 to 1.520	0.001	1.120	1.027 to 1.402	0.022
Job resources							Adjusted for job demands
Role clarity	0.847	0.739 to 0.971	0.017	0.894	0.775 to 1.031	0.123	0.937	0.812 to 1.083	0.380
Variety in work	0.983	0.859 to 1.126	0.809	1.110	0.962 to 1.281	0.152	1.009	0.872 to 1.169	0.900
Learning opportunities	0.852	0.750 to 0.969	0.015	0.838	0.735 to 0.956	0.008	0.846	0.742 to 0.964	0.012
Supervisor support	0.888	0.794 to 0.994	0.038	0.863	0.772 to 0.966	0.010	0.897	0.802 to 1.003	0.056
Co-worker support	0.797	0.709 to 0.896	0.000	0.833	0.739 to 0.938	0.003	0.867	0.770 to 0.976	0.000

^aConfounders: gender, marital status, care for children at home, education, age, years employed at company, work hours a week, support from family and friends, prior sickness long term sickness absence due to mental complaints

^bCI = confidence interval