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Table 3 Associations of working conditions with disability retirement due to musculoskeletal diseases and mental disorders, adjusted for gender, groups of working conditions (=Groupwise), all working conditions and all variables in analysis

From: Working conditions as risk factors for disability retirement: a longitudinal register linkage study

Musculoskeletal diseases

Gender adjusted

Groupwise adjusted

All working conditions adjusted

Fully adjusted

 

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

1) Work arrangements:

    

Shift work

1.85 (1.36, 2.52)

1.80 (1.32, 2.45)

1.13 (0.81, 1.56)

1.04 (0.75, 1.44)

Temporary work contract

0.58 (0.34, 1.01)

0.57 (0.33, 0.97)

0.60 (0.35, 1.03)

0.70 (0.40, 1.20)

Working overtime

0.52 (0.33, 0.83)

0.55 (0.35, 0.88)

0.73 (0.46, 1.18)

0.85 (0.53, 1.36)

2) Physical working conditions:

    

Hazardous exposures

2.34 (1.75, 3.14)

1.43 (1.04, 1.98)

1.34 (0.97, 1.86)

1.16 (0.84, 1.61)

Physical workload

3.60 (2.69, 4.81)

3.00 (2.17, 4.14)

2.61 (1.88, 3.61)

2.10 (1.52, 2.89)

Computer work

0.62 (0.43, 0.90)

0.82 (0.56, 1.21)

0.83 (0.56, 1.23)

1.10 (0.73, 1.65)

3) Psychosocial working conditions:

    

Low job control

2.61 (1.99, 3.42)

2.44 (1.85, 3.22)

1.96 (1.47, 2.61)

1.44 (1.07, 1.93)

High job demands

0.78 (0.55, 1.10)

0.84 (0.60, 1.19)

0.83 (0.58, 1.19)

0.94 (0.65, 1.34)

Social support at work

0.60 (0.43, 0.82)

0.69 (0.50, 0.96)

0.74 (0.53, 1.02)

0.80 (0.58, 1.11)

4) Occupational class:

    

Managers and professionals

1.00

  

1.00

Semi-professionals

4.36 (2.32, 8.19)

  

3.43 (1.80, 6.53)

Routine non-manual workers

5.73 (3.24, 10.12)

  

3.64 (1.99, 6.66)

Manual workers

14.79 (8.39, 26.07)

  

7.83 (4.17, 14.68)

Mental disorders

Gender adjusted

Groupwise adjusted

All working conditions adjusted

Fully adjusted

 

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

1) Work arrangements:

    

Shift work

1.31 (0.87, 1.99)

1.32 (0.87, 2.00)

1.08 (0.70, 1.68)

1.03 (0.66, 1.60)

Temporary work contract

0.96 (0.56, 1.64)

0.96 (0.56, 1.63)

1.05 (0.61, 1.79)

1.06 (0.61, 1.81)

Working overtime

1.03 (0.66, 1.60)

1.05 (0.67, 1.63)

1.04 (0.66, 1.65)

1.12 (0.71, 1.78)

2) Physical working conditions:

    

Hazardous exposures

1.62 (1.11, 2.36)

1.48 (0.98, 2.25)

1.35 (0.88, 2.06)

1.39 (0.91, 2.14)

Physical workload

1.57 (1.07, 2.31)

1.48 (0.95, 2.28)

1.36 (0.88, 2.10)

1.26 (0.80, 1.97)

Computer work

1.53 (1.06, 2.21)

1.71 (1.17, 2.50)

1.59 (1.08, 2.35)

1.60 (1.08, 2.38)

3) Psychosocial working conditions:

    

Low job control

1.92 (1.34, 2.75)

1.93 (1.34, 2.78)

1.74 (1.19, 2.54)

1.67 (1.12, 2.49)

High job demands

1.52 (1.05, 2.19)

1.61 (1.11, 2.32)

1.43 (0.97, 2.09)

1.48 (1.00, 2.18)

Social support at work

0.73 (0.51, 1.07)

0.81 (0.55, 1.18)

0.81 (0.56, 1.19)

0.82 (0.56, 1.19)

4) Occupational class:

    

Managers and professionals

1.00

  

1.00

Semi-professionals

1.69 (1.03, 2.76)

  

1.64 (0.98, 2.74)

Routine non-manual workers

1.85 (1.19, 2.87)

  

1.64 (0.99, 2.73)

Manual workers

1.38 (0.79, 2.42)

  

1.07 (0.55, 2.09)

  1. Hazard ratios (HR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) (n = 6525).