The RR of being granted disability pension within 352 weeks for employees exposed to a frequent short-term, mixed or long-term sick leave pattern compared with a non-frequent sick leave pattern
| Unadjusted | Adjusted* | Adjusted† | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-responders (n=575) | Responders (n=1818) | Responders (n=1818) | ||||||
| Pseudovalues | RR | (95% CI) | RR | (95% CI) | RR | (95% CI) | RR | (95% CI) |
| Overall difference between the spell patterns | p<0.001 | p=0.008 | p=0.02 | p=0.43 | ||||
| Sick leave pattern | ||||||||
| 0–2 short sick leave spells | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| 3–17 short sick leave spells | 0.80 | (0.22 to 2.96) | 2.22 | (1.15 to 4.27) | 2.08 | (1.00 to 4.35) | 1.76 | (0.86 to 3.62) |
| 2–13 mixed sick leave spells | 4.06 | (1.68 to 9.81) | 2.63 | (1.39 to 4.95) | 2.61 | (1.33 to 5.12) | 2.04 | (0.51 to 8.10) |
| 1–5 long sick leave spells | 0.00 | (0.00 to 0.00) | 3.24 | (1.24 to 8.47) | 2.77 | (0.83 to 9.29) | 1.95 | (0.29 to 13.20) |
| Age in years | ||||||||
| ≤40 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| >40 | 1.77 | (0.57 to 5.47) | 1.71 | (0.61 to 4.76) | ||||
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Non-care | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Homecare personnel | 1.29 | (0.60 to 2.78) | 1.23 | (0.57 to 2.65) | ||||
| Unfavourable work factor | 1.04 | (0.93 to 1.15) | 1.02 | (0.90 to 1.16) | ||||
| Total sick leave days | ||||||||
| 0 | 1.00 | |||||||
| 1–14 | 1.98 | (0.53 to 7.40) | ||||||
| 15–56 | 1.74 | (0.28 to 10.82) | ||||||
| More than 56 | 3.38 | (0.50 to 22.78) | ||||||
*Age, occupation and unfavourable work factors.
†Age, occupation, unfavourable work factors and total sick leave.
RR, relative cumulative incidence.