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Table 4 Unadjusted Relative Risk Ratio (RRR) of Presenteeism 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

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

%

RRR (95%CIs)

%

RRR (95%CIs)

Arthritis

64079

3.5

1.10 (0.90-1.33)

0.2

7.90** (5.21-11.97)

Asthma

64970

6.3

1.22* (1.06-1.40)

0.3

5.91** (4.20-8.30)

Back/neck pain

69701

29.6

1.22** (1.13-1.31)

1.5

7.83** (6.76-9.08)

Cancers

73585

3.1

0.87 (0.70-1.08)

0.14

7.36** (4.78-11.34)

COPD

70852

0.4

2.14** (1.41-3.24)

0.03

7.53** (2.92-19.43)

CVD

73083

0.8

1.47 (1.04-2.07)

0.06

7.10** (3.54-14.22)

Drug & Alcohol

74439

3.0

2.57** (2.25-2.94)

0.5

8.59** (6.81-10.84)

Diabetes

72935

2.0

1.33* (1.06-1.65)

0.12

7.60** (4.72-12.22)

Fatigue/sleep problems

73698

0.6

2.56** (1.89-3.46)

0.10

8.80** (5.35-14.46)

High Blood Pressure

70119

8.1

0.90 (0.79-1.04)

0.3

6.43** (4.75-8.69)

High Cholesterol

67801

5.7

1.02 (0.87-1.19)

0.2

7.31** (5.13-10.41)

Migraine/severe headache

69999

9.1

1.30** (1.16-1.45)

0.7

7.27** (5.94-8.90)

Obesity

70967

11.0

1.60** (1.42-1.73)

0.7

7.68** (6.22-9.48)

Workplace Injury

74086

7.0

1.35** (1.20-1.53)

0.5

9.46** (7.47-11.99)

  1. Using multinomial logistic regression, reporting relative risk ratios for low productivity compared to average productivity (high productivity not reported)
  2. *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.001; † trend < 0.1