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Table 3 Adjusted risk of Absenteeism for those with and without co-morbid psychological distress compared to the reference group that had neither the indexed health condition nor co-morbid psychological distress, using negative binomial logistic regression; reporting Incidence Rate Ratios (IRR)

From: Health-related productivity losses increase when the health condition is co-morbid with psychological distress: findings from a large cross-sectional sample of working Australians

  

Without co-morbid PD

With co-morbid PD

HEALTH CONDITION

Model n

%

IRR (95%CIs)

%

IRR (95%CIs)

Arthritis

62295

3.5

1.07* (1.01-1.13)

0.2

1.41* (1.08-1.83)

Asthma

63021

6.3

1.03 (0.99-1.08)

0.3

1.15 (0.94-1.40)

Back/neck pain

67715

29.6

1.02 (0.99-1.05)

1.5

1.33** (1.22-1.46)

Cancers

71446

3.1

1.08* (1.02-1.15)

0.14

1.83** (1.44-2.43)

COPD

68787

0.4

1.44 (0.96-1.35)

0.03

1.63 (0.91-2.91)

CVD

70954

0.8

0.96 (0.85-1.08)

0.06

1.34 (0.87-2.06)

Drug & Alcohol

69237

3.0

1.32* (1.00-1.75)

0.5

1.48† (0.99-2.23)

Diabetes

70816

2.0

0.89*(0.83-0.96)

0.12

1.15 (0.85-1.55)

Fatigue/sleep problems

71555

0.6

0.99 (0.86-1.13)

0.10

1.28 (0.93-1.74)

High Blood Pressure

68091

8.1

0.94* (0.90-0.98)

0.3

1.19† (1.00-1.42)

High Cholesterol

65817

5.7

0.93* (0.89-0.98)

0.2

1.27*(1.03-1.57)

Migraine/severe headache

67969

9.1

1.01 (0.97-1.05)

0.7

1.29** (1.14-1.46)

Obesity

68980

11.0

1.06* (1.02-1.09)

0.7

1.33** (1.17-1.51)

Workplace Injury

72095

7.0

1.19** (1.14-1.24)

0.5

1.46** (1.26-1.69)

  1. Adjusting for: treatment-seeking behaviour, number of co-morbidities, income, industry, public/private sector, occupation, contractor, supervisory role, rate of work accidents per employer, age, education, sex, job security, hours worked in last week, marital status, children, and hours expected to work p.w. (as perceived by employee)
  2. *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.001; † trend < 0.1