Work-related psychosocial events as triggers of sick leave - results from a Swedish case-crossover study

Table 2 Characteristics of the included sick-leave spells (n = 546)

Interview variables
Time from first sick-leave day until interview	Median	2 days
	Min	0 days
	Max	14 days
Exposure to work-related psychosocial events during the last year	Insufficient appreciation from superior	31.3%
	Quarrel or conflict with superior	8.2%
	Brushed aside/disregarded by superior	17.0%
	Criticized by superior	14.3%
	Insufficient appreciation from colleagues	9.0%
	Quarrel or conflict with colleagues	12.8%
	Discriminated, bullied, sexually harassed, or harassed in other way	6.0%
	Unpleasant tasks, not skilled enough, wants to get out of	20.5%
	Very stressful work situation; unusually high workload, tight deadlines, more tasks, or larger field of responsibility	66.5%
Self-reported health problem at sick leave (possible to report more than one health problem)	Infections, colds, viruses, influenzas, unspecified fever etc.	48.2%
	Stomach or intestinal conditions	20.3%
	Muscle and/or joint pains or trauma	6.8%
	Back/neck pain	8.4%
	Stress/tiredness/low-spiritedness	7.1%
	Headache/migraine	5.7%
	Other/not specified	12.3%
Self-estimated work ability when reporting sick ¹	75^th percentile	4
	Median	2
	25^th percentile	0
Self-reported reason for taking sick-leave in addition to the stated disorder	None	78.2%
	Private/home related	5.0%
	Work related	15.0%
	Both work and private related	1.8%

Table showing values of median, min and max and percentages.
1 Measured by the question: "If you imagine a scale where zero is equivalent to no work ability and ten to your best possible work ability, how many points would you give the work ability you had when you reported sick?"

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