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Table 1 The prevalence of deterioration and improvement in common mental disorders (CMD) at follow-up by psychosocial working conditions at baseline a

From: The associations between psychosocial working conditions and changes in common mental disorders: a follow-up study

 

N

Deterioration in CMD (GHQ > 2)

N

Improvement in CMD (GHQ < 3)

All

3298

17 (15–18)

1042

56 (53–59)

Strain

    

    High

712

19 (17–22)

368

52 (47–57)

    Passive job

891

16 (14–19)

242

54 (48–61)

    Active job

761

18 (16–21)

280

58 (53–64)

    Low

934

14 (12–17)

152

62 (54–70)

Relational justice

    

    Low

547

20 (17–23)

300

55 (49–60)

    Moderate low

785

19 (17–22)

268

54 (48–60)

    Moderate high

1097

15 (13–17)

261

60 (54–66)

    High

869

15 (12–17)

213

55 (48–61)

Procedural justice

    

    Low

632

21 (18–23)

313

53 (48–59)

    Moderate low

990

18 (16–21)

340

55 (50–61)

    Moderate high

1023

15 (13–18)

249

60 (54–66)

    High

653

13 (10–16)

140

55 (47–63)

Family-work conflicts

    

    Strong

386

24 (20–27)

314

51 (46–57)

    Weak

978

19 (17–21)

336

57 (52–63)

    No

1739

14 (12–16)

315

63 (57–68)

    No family

195

18 (13–23)

77

40 (29–51)

Work-family conflicts

    

    Strong

848

24 (21–26)

536

54 (50–59)

    Weak

1540

15 (13–17)

348

60 (55–66)

    No

715

12 (9–15)

81

61 (50–72)

    No family

195

18 (13–23)

77

40 (28–51)

Social support

    

    Low

1189

17 (15–19)

437

50 (45–55)

    Average

920

18 (16–21)

303

60 (55–66)

    High

1189

15 (13–18)

302

60 (54–65)

Workplace bullying

    

    Currently

111

23 (16–30)

92

45 (35–55)

    Earlier

550

23 (20–26)

232

54 (48–60)

    Cannot say

318

21 (17–25)

149

53 (45–60)

    No

2319

14 (13–16)

569

59 (55–63)

  1. aAge- and gender-adjusted percentages and 95% confidence intervals.