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Table 4 Univariate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI 95%) for suicide in people sickness absent due to stress-related mental disorders (N=36,304)

From: Predictors of suicidal behaviour in 36,304 individuals sickness absent due to stress-related mental disorders - a Swedish register linkage cohort study

Characteristics

N (%)

HR

CI, 95%

Socio-demographic characteristics

   

Sex

   

   Male

16 (0.16)

2.35

1.20–4.61

   Female

18 (0.07)

1

 

   Age (years)

   

   17–25

6 (0.33)

3.44

1.27–9.29

   26–35

4 (0.05)

0.51

0.16–1.59

   36–45

11 (0.10)

1

 

   46–55

12 (0.13)

1.37

0.60–3.10

   56–65

< 4 (0.02)

0.19

0.02–1.43

Education (years)

   

   0 – 9

< 4 (0.07)

1.45

0.43–4.91

   10 – 12

18 (0.10)

1.36

0.39–4.78

   > 12

13 (0.09)

1

 

Country of birth

   

   Sweden

29 (0.09)

1

 

   Other Nordic countries

0 (0.00)

-

-

   Other European countries

0 (0.00)

-

-

   Outside Europe

5 (0.20)

2.19

0.85–5.65

Place of residence

   

   Big cities

14 (0.10)

1

 

   Medium size cities

12 (0.09)

0.93

0.43–2.02

   Small town

8 (0.08)

0.85

0.36–2.03

Family sitation

   

   Married/cohabiting with children a

< 4 (0.02)

1

 

   Married/cohabiting without children a

8 (0.06)

0.38

0.05–3.00

   Single people without children a

19 (0.17)

2.90

1.27–6.62

   Single people with children a

6 (0.10)

1.69

0.59–4.87

Sickness absence characteristics b

   

Repeated spells

   

   1 spell due to SRMD*

32 (0.09)

1

 

   > 1 spell due to SRMD*

< 4 (0.12)

1.25

0.30–5.19

Spell with mental/somatic disorders

   

   Only spells with mental disorders

30 (0.09)

1

 

   One additional spell with somatic disorders

4 (0.12)

1.31

0.46–3.72

   Multiple spells with somatic disorders

0 (0.00)

-

-

Full-time c

   

   No

0 (0.00)

-

-

   Yes

34 (0.11)

-

-

Part-time d

   

   No

21 (0.12)

0.62

0.31–1.24

   Yes

13 (0.07)

1

 

Duration (days) e

   

   1–14

7 (0.07)

1

 

   15–90

17 (0.10)

1.42

0.59–3.43

   91–180

4 (0.11)

1.56

0.45–5.30

   181–365

5 (0.20)

2.95

0.94–9.30

   > 365

< 4 (0.04)

0.57

0.07–4.60

Number of spells (any disorders) f

   

   1

23 (0.08)

1

 

   2

11 (0.21)

2.73

1.33–5.59

   > 2

0 (0.00)

-

-

Health care characteristics

   

Hospital stay due to mental disorders (days) g

   

   No hospital stay

23 (0.07)

1

 
 

5 (0.75)

11.61

4.41–30.53

   > 8

6 (0.99)

15.23

6.20–37.41

Hospital stay due to somatic disorders (days) g

   

   No hospital stay

20 (0.08)

1

 

   1 to 4

5 (0.09)

1.11

0.42–2.95

   > 4

9 (0.18)

2.37

1.08–5.20

Outpatient care visits due to mental disorders g

   

   No visits

16 (0.05)

1

 

   1

5 (0.28)

5.87

2.15–16.02

   > 1

13 (0.85)

17.68

8.51–36.76

Outpatient care visits due to somatic disorders g

   

   No visits

< 4 (0.02)

1

 

   1 to 4

15 (0.09)

4.07

0.93–17.80

   > 4

17 (0.15)

6.66

1.54–28.83

  1. * SRMD – stress-related mental disorders, a Children living at home; b Sickness absence due to stress-related mental diagnoses; c Individual had at least one full-time period (day) in the first sickness absence spell due to stress-related mental disorders; d Individual had at least one part-time period (day) in the first sickness absence spell due to stress-related mental disorders; e Duration of the first sickness absence spell due to stress-related mental disorders initiated in 2005; f Number of new sick leave spells initiated in 2005 regardless of disorders; g Cut-offs are based on the diagnosis-specific median.
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