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Table 5 Associations of work engagement, job strain and job performance with occupational sitting categories of low, moderate and high occupational sitting (low occupational sitting used as reference category)

From: Work engagement and its association with occupational sitting time: results from the Stormont study

 

Sitting time at work for men

Sitting time at work for women

 

Moderate sitting

High sitting

Moderate sitting

High sitting

    
 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Unadjusted

        

Work engagement

        

Vigor

        

Low

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Average

0.96

(0.69 to 1.34)

0.71

(0.51 to 0.98)

0.88

(0.66 to 1.17)

0.68

(0.51 to 0.90)

High

0.77

(0.55 to 1.07)

0.50

(0.36 to 0.69)

0.73

(0.56 to 0.98)

0.54

(0.40 to 0.72)

Dedication

        

Low

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Average

0.90

(0.66 to 1.24)

0.87

(0.63 to 1.19)

1.09

(0.82 to 1.45)

1.24

(0.93 to 1.65)

High

0.65

(0.46 to 0.92)

0.70

(0.49 to 1.01)

0.94

(0.69 to 1.29)

1.21

(0.88 to 1.67)

Absorption

        

Average

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

    

High

1.11

(0.84 to 1.45)

1.14

(0.85 to 1.51)

1.02

(0.87 to 1.24)

1.31

(1.04 to 1.67)

High job strain (yes)

0.84

(0.63 to 1.12)

1.003

(0.74 to 1.37)

1.12

(0.85 to 1.49)

1.02

0.77 to 1.34)

Low job strain (yes)

0.73

(0.53 to 1.02)

1.04

(0.75 to 1.46)

1.01

(0.76 to 1.34)

0.84

(0.63 to 1.13)

Job performance

1.10

(0.89 to 1.40)

1.11

(0.87 to 1.43)

1.37

(1.05 to 1.79)

0.95

(0.74 to 1.23)

Adjusted a

        

Work engagement

        

Vigor

        

Low

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Average

0.98

(0.71 to 1.39)

0.74

(0.53 to 1.04)

0.85

(0.64 to 1.13)

0.70

(0.52 to 0.93)

High

0.81

(0.59 to 1.15)

0.56

(0.40 to 0.79)

0.75

(0.56 to 1.00)

0.60

(0.44 to 0.80)

Dedication

        

Low

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

    

Average

0.89

(0.65 to 1.23)

0.82

(0.64 to 1.22)

1.13

(0.85 to 1.50)

1.24

(0.92 to 1.67)

High

0.64

(0.46 to 0.91)

0.69

(0.48 to 0.97)

0.95

(0.70 to 1.30)

1.20

(0.86 to 1.66)

Absorption

        

Average

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

    

High

1.08

(0.83 to 1.43)

1.08

(0.80 to 1.44)

1.01

(0.80 to 1.28)

1.29

(1.02 to 1.64)

High job strain (yes)

0.84

(0.63 to 1.14)

1.08

(0.79 to 1.49)

1.11

(0.84 to 1.48)

1.02

(0.77 to 1.36)

Low job strain Yes)

0.70

(0.50 to 0.98)

0.92

(0.65 to 1.30)

0.95

(0.71 to 1.26)

0.82

(0.61 to 1.10)

Job performance

1.11

(0.87 to 1.42)

1.09

(0.85 to 1.41)

1.31

(0.95 to 1.72)

0.94

(0.72 to 1.21)

Adjusted b

        

Work engagement

        

Vigor

        

Low

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

Average

0.90

(0.63 to 1.27)

0.72

(0.50 to 1.03)

0.89

(0.66 to 1.19)

0.73

(0.54 to 0.96)

High

0.70

(0.49 to 1.00)

0.49

(0.34 to 0.70)

0.79

(0.58 to 1.07)

0.62

(0.45 to 0.84)

Dedication

        

Low

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

    

Average

0.84

(0.61 to 1.18)

0.82

(0.59 to 1.14)

1.13

(0.84 to 1.51)

1.27

(0.94 to 1.72)

High

0.65

(0.45 to 0.94)

0.68

(0.47 to 0.98)

0.95

(0.68 to 1.31)

1.20

(0.86 to 1.68)

Absorption

        

Average

Reference

Reference

Reference

Reference

High

1.17

(0.88 to 1.55)

1.18

(0.82 to 1.39)

0.98

(0.76 to 1.25)

1.29

(1.01 to 1.65)

High job strain (yes)

0.84

(0.61 to 1.16)

1.03

(0.73 to 1.46)

1.10

(0.80 to 1.49)

0.91

(0.67 to 1.25)

Low job strain (yes)

0.75

(0.53 to 1.07)

0.96

(0.67 to 1.37)

1.01

(0.75 to 1.35)

0.84

(0.62 to 1.13)

Job performance

1.10

(0.85 to 1.42)

1.07

(0.82 to 1.40)

1.30

(0.98 to 1.73)

0.90

(0.69 to 1.17)

  1. Statistical analysis: Logistic regression models with odds ratio (OR) and their 95% confidence interval. Results in bold indicate a significant finding. Data for reference category ‘low occupational sitting’ is not shown. For absorption, there were no participant data for the low absorption category. Therefore only two categories were used. Job performance is entered as interval data, where a high score indicates higher job performance. For high job strain and low job strain the reference category is ‘no’. aAdjusted for age, BMI, physical activity, smoking, marital status, dependents and education; bFurther adjusted for job grade and working hours. p < .05.
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