Mental health symptoms identify workers at risk of long-term sickness absence due to mental disorders: prospective cohort study with 2-year follow-up

Table 2 Mental health symptom scores and long-term (≥42 days) sickness absence (LTSA)

Mental health symptom	Score (0–100)	Association with mental LTSA	Discrimination Mental LTSA All LTSA
	Median (IQR)^a	OR (95 % CI)^b	AUC (95 % CI)^c	AUC (95 % CI)^c
Distress	25.0 (9.0–53.1)	1.17 (1.09 – 1.27)	0.75 (0.67 – 0.82)	0.56 (0.53 – 0.58)
Depressed mood	0.0 (0.0–25.0)	1.16 (1.07 – 1.26)	0.64 (0.57 – 0.72)	0.53 (0.51 – 0.56)
Fatigue	32.0 (12.0–48.0)	1.15 (1.04 – 1.27)	0.61 (0.53 – 0.69)	0.56 (0.54 – 0.59)
Distress + depressed mood	15.6 (4.7–39.1)	1.19 (1.10 – 1.28)	0.75 (0.67 – 0.82)	0.55 (0.53 – 0.58)
Distress + fatigue	27.4 (12.5–49.6)	1.20 (1.09 – 1.32)	0.74 (0.66 – 0.81)	0.57 (0.54 – 0.59)
Depressed mood + fatigue	20.0 (8.0–36.5)	1.21 (1.10 – 1.33)	0.65 (0.57 – 0.72)	0.56 (0.54 – 0.58)
Distress + depressed mood + fatigue	20.6 (8.1–41.0)	1.22 (1.11 – 1.31)	0.75 (0.67 – 0.83)	0.56 (0.54 – 0.58)

^a Mean (interquartile range) standardized symptom score (range 0 to 100)
^b Odds ratio (95 % confidence interval) for a 10-point change in standardized mental health symptom score
^c Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (95 % confidence interval)

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