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Table 5 Adjusted Relative Risk Ratio (RRR) of Presenteeism for those with and without

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

61081

3.5

0.90 (0.73-1.12)

0.2

5.06** (3.18-8.05)

Asthma

61785

6.3

0.88 (0.76-1.02)

0.3

2.59** (1.79-3.75)

Back/neck pain

66278

29.6

0.91* (0.83-0.99)

1.5

4.20** (3.53-4.99)

Cancers

70037

3.1

0.80† (0.64-1.00)

0.14

4.44** (2.75-7.18)

COPD

67437

0.4

1.43 (0.92-2.23)

0.03

3.52* (1.30-9.54)

CVD

69564

0.8

1.17 (0.82-1.69)

0.06

3.58** (1.69-7.58)

Drug & Alcohol

67737

3.0

2.04* (1.16-3.59)

0.5

3.23** (1.64-6.36)

Diabetes

69422

2.0

0.96 (0.77-1.22)

0.12

3.62** (2.15-6.10)

Fatigue/sleep problems

70146

0.6

1.47* (1.06-2.04)

0.10

3.82** (2.23-6.56)

High Blood Pressure

66741

8.1

0.81* (0.69-0.93)

0.3

3.65** (2.63-5.07)

High Cholesterol

64532

5.7

0.87 (0.73-1.03)

0.2

4.03** (2.74-5.93)

Migraine/severe headache

66632

9.1

0.90† (0.79-1.02)

0.7

3.57** (2.83-4.49)

Obesity

67640

11.0

1.24** (1.11-1.38)

0.7

3.90** (3.08-4.93)

Workplace Injury

70682

7.0

1.11† (0.98-1.27)

0.5

4.83** (3.73-6.25)

  1. co-morbid psychological distress compared to the reference group that had neither the indexed health condition nor co-morbid psychological distress. Using multinomial logistic regression, reporting relative risk ratios for low productivity compared to average productivity (high productivity not reported)
  2. Adjusting for: number of co-morbidities, treatment-seeking behaviour, age, sex, education, income, marital status, children, income, occupation, industry, public/private sector, job security, contractor, hours worked in last week, supervisory role, rate of work accidents per employer, hours expected to work p.w. (as perceived by employee)
  3. *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.001; † trend < 0.1