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Table 2 Unadjusted and multivariate adjusted hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals, CI, for disability pension (DP) in individuals (N = 36 304) with sickness absence due to stress related mental diagnoses (SRMD) initiated in 2005

From: Risk markers of all-cause and diagnosis-specific disability pension - a prospective cohort study of individuals sickness absent due to stress-related mental disorders

Characteristics

Crude HR

CI 95%

Adjusted HR

CI 95%)

Socio-demographic characteristics

    

Sex

    

  Female

1.09

1.00-1.89

1.15

1.05-1.25

  Male

1

 

1

 

Age (years)

    

  17-25

1

 

1

 

  26-35

0.98

0.75-1.26

1.09

0.84-1.42

  36-45

1.38

1.08-1.76

1.64

1.27-2.11

  46-55

2.29

1.79-2.91

2.81

2.19-3.60

  56-65

5.28

4.15-6.72

5.30

4.15-6.83

Education (years)

  0 to 9

1.63

1.46-1.82

1.33

1.18-1.48

  10 to 12

1.02

0.94-1.11

1.06

0.98-1.16

  Above 12

1

 

1

 

Country of birth*

    

  Sweden

1

 

1

 

  Other Nordic countries

1.33

1.11-1.60

1.16

0.96-1.40

  EU25 without Nordic countries

1.14

0.88-1.48

0.87

0.66-1.13

  Rest of the world

1.67

1.48-1.89

1.75

1.54-1.99

Place of residence**

    

  Big cities

1

 

1

 

  Medium sized cities

1.22

1.12-1.34

1.16

1.06-1.27

  Small town

1.35

1.23-1.48

1.33

1.21-1.47

Type of family

    

  Married/cohabiting with childrena

1

 

1

 

  Married/cohabiting without childrena

2.60

2.34-2.89

1.21

1.07-1.36

  Single without childrena

1.45

1.32-1.60

1.19

1.08-1.32

  Single with childrena

1.17

1.04-1.32

1.02

0.90-1.15

Sickness absence characteristics b

    

Number of spells

    

  Only mental

1

 

1

 

  1 spell somatic

1.65

1.47-1.83

1.44

1.28-1.61

  > 1 spell somatic

1.80

1.36-2.24

1.78

1.32-2.34

Duration (days)c

    

  1-14

1

 

1

 

  15-90

1.10

0.96-1.26

1.11

0.97-1.28

  91-180

1.99

1.68-2.37

1.99

1.66-2.35

  181-365

6.24

5.38-7.23

5.90

5.09-6.84

  > 365

20.72

18.3-23.5

16.57

14.6-18.8

Health care characteristics

    

Length of hospital stay due to mental diagnoses (days)d

    

  No hospital stay

1

 

1

 

  1 to 8

2.29

1.88-2.79

1.46

1.19-1.79

  > 8

3.59

3.03-4.26

1.78

1.48-2.15

Length of hospital stay due to somatic diagnoses (days)d

    

  No hospital stay

1

 

1

 

  1 to 4

1.34

1.22-1.48

1.06

0.96-1.17

  > 4

1.38

1.25-1.53

1.08

0.97-1.20

Outpatient care visit due to mental diagnoses (days)d

    

  No visits

1

 

1

 

  1

1.69

1.46-1.96

1.29

1.12-1.50

  >1

3.04

2.69-3.44

1.52

1.32-1.74

Outpatient care visit due to somatic diagnoses (days)d

    

  No visits

1

 

1

 

  1-4

1.27

1.14-1.42

1.16

1.04-1.30

  > 4

2.09

1.88-2.33

1.51

1.35-1.71

  1. *"Other Nordic countries include Denmark, Norway and Finland; EU25 includes all countries included in the European Union in 2006 without Sweden and without "Other Nordic countries"; Rest of the world includes all remaining countries. **Place of residence: big cities: Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö; medium-sized cities: cities with more than 90 000 inhabitants within 30 km distance from the centre of the city; aChildren living at home; bSickness absence due to SRMD (stress related mental diagnoses); cLength of the first sickness absence spell due to stress related mental diagnoses; dCut-offs are based on the median, inpatient care from 2000–2005; outpatient care from 2001–2005. Adjusted HRs indicate that all variables have been mutually adjusted for each other.
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