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Table 2 Return to work determinants

From: Determinants for return to work among sickness certified patients in general practice

 

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

HR

95%CI

Wald’s χ2

p

HR

95%CI

Wald’s χ2

p

Previous sick leave by week

0.97

0.96-0.97

150.5

<0.0001

0.97

0.97-0.98

92.0

<0.0001

Age by 5-year groups

0.91

0.88-0.94

38.6

<0.0001

0.95

0.92-0.99

6.9

<0.01

Employed

1.38

1.18-1.62

16.3

<0.0001

1.28

1.02-1.59

4.7

<0.05

Part-time sick leave

0.57

0.45-0.72

22.4

<0.0001

0.75

0.58-0.98

4.5

<0.05

Marital status

        

married

1.10

0.96-1.25

1.8

0.17

1.00

reference

-

-

never married

1.16

1.02-1.32

5.1

<0.05

  

2.3

0.13

divorced

0.74

0.62-0.87

12.7

<0.0005

  

0.9

0.33

widowed

0.61

0.35-1.06

3.1

0.08

  

0.3

0.56

Born in Sweden

0.82

0.70-0.95

6.6

<0.05

  

1.5

0.22

Male sex

1.16

1.02-1.32

4.7

<0.05

  

1.3

0.26

Annual salary by 10,000 €

0.99

0.90-1.08

0.1

0.80

  

0.7

0.39

Swedish citizenship

0.77

0.59-0.99

4.0

<0.05

  

0.03

0.85

Diagnosis

        

Respiratory disease

2.36

1.97-2.82

88.3

<0.0001

1.00

reference

-

-

Psychiatric disease

0.70

0.60-0.82

20.6

<0.0001

0.31

0.25-0.40

94.9

<0.0001

Musculoskeletal disease

0.79

0.69-0.91

11.2

<0.001

0.41

0.33-0.51

67.6

<0.0001

Cardiovascular disease

0.72

0.45-1.14

1.9

0.16

0.30

0.17-0.52

18.4

<0.0001

Symptoms and signs

1.33

1.03-1.71

4.7

<0.05

0.53

0.38-0.75

12.8

<0.0005

Nervous system disease

0.68

0.35-1.32

1.3

0.26

0.26

0.12-0.57

11.6

<0.001

Digestive system disease

0.82

0.51-1.32

0.7

0.41

0.41

0.24-0.71

10.1

<0.005

Injury, poisoning

1.12

0.84-1.49

0.6

0.44

0.56

0.39-0.80

9.9

<0.005

Miscellaneous

1.02

0.59-1.77

0

0.93

0.48

0.23-0.98

4.1

<0.05

Endocrine-metabolic disease

1.29

0.61-2.71

0.4

0.50

  

3.0

0.08

Eye or ear disease

1.83

1.01-3.31

3.9

<0.05

  

2.8

0.09

Infectious-parasite disease

1.62

1.14-2.31

7.2

<0.001

  

2.2

0.14

Genitourinary system disease

1.21

0.73-2.02

0.6

0.46

  

1.5

0.22

Blood disease

0.72

0.27-1.91

0.4

0.50

  

1.0

0.32

Dermatology disease

1.63

1.02-2.61

4.2

<0.05

  

0.6

0.43

Pregnancy, childbirth

5.53

0.77-39.52

2.9

0.09

  

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  1. Potential determinants of return to work within the next 1095 days.