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Table 5 Associations between the demand/control and effort/reward imbalance models (full and partial) and poorself-reported health status and any chronic condition.

From: A comparison between the effort-reward imbalance and demand control models

 

Self-reported Health Status

Any Chronic condition

Control

  

High

1.00

1.00

Low

1.60** (1.12–2.28)

1.09 (0.81–1.45)

Psychological demand

  

Low

1.00

1.00

High

1.65** (1.21–2.26)

1.13 (0.86–1.48)

Physical demand

  

Low

1.00

1.00

High

1.01 (0.68–1.50)

1.25 (0.86–1.81)

Job Strain

  

Low

1.00

1.00

High

2.07* (1.18–3.66)

1.31 (0.77–2.22)

Partial Effort/reward Imbalance Model

 

None

1.00**

1.00*

Medium

1.60* (1.06–2.45)

1.12 (0.0.84–1.44)

High

3.13** (1.96–4.85)

1.59** (1.12–2.24)

Full Effort/reward Imbalance Model

 

None

1.00**

1.00**

Medium

1.87** (1.26–3.34)

1.22 (0.91–1.85)

High

3.35** (2.10–5.61)

1.70** (1.17–2.37)

  1. Numbers in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals. *p = 0.05–0.01;**p = 0.01–0.0001