Job Strain, Health and Sickness Absence: Results from the Hordaland Health Study

MW and SBH are funded by NSW Health. M. Henderson and M. Hotopf were supported by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. AM and SO were funded by the Norwegian Research Council

Unadjusted risk of participants having an episode of long term sickness absence (LTSA) by job demand.

<p>Unadjusted risk of participants having an episode of long term sickness absence (LTSA) by job demand.</p

Baseline characteristics of study population and their association with an episode of long-term sickness absence.

a<p>p-value obtained using independent t-test (BMI, continuous), Kruskal-Wallis test (income, age), Fisher’s exact test (marriage), and Chi-squared test for all other variables.</p

Unadjusted risk of participants having an episode of long term sickness absence (LTSA) by job control.

<p>Unadjusted risk of participants having an episode of long term sickness absence (LTSA) by job control.</p

Unadjusted risk of participants having an episode of long term sickness absence (LTSA) by job strain.

<p>Unadjusted risk of participants having an episode of long term sickness absence (LTSA) by job strain.</p

Associations between job strain and sickness absence using multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression models.

<p>Model 1 - Unadjusted/Crude.</p><p>Model 2 - Adjusted for sociodemographic factors, and lifestyle factors.</p><p>Model 3 - Adjusted for sociodemographic factors, BMI, lifestyle factors, physical health and mental health.</p