Mental health reasons n = 721 Mean (sd) | Other health reasons n = 1,297 Mean (sd) | Diff | p-value* | |
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Mean duration in | ||||
Sickness absence | 27.50 (17.57) | 22.53 (17.76) | 4.97 | <0.0001 |
Work | 15.96 (17.20) | 22.45 (19.00) | −6.49 | <0.0001 |
Unemployment | 3.38 (6.69) | 2.80 (7.12) | 0.58 | 0.07 |
Temporary support | 4.18 (9.49) | 2.91 (8.14) | 1.27 | <0.01 |
Permanent support | 0.98 (5.42) | 1.31 (6.23) | −0.33 | 0.24 |
Mean number of episodes in | ||||
Sickness absence | 1.32 (0.78) | 1.37 (0.99) | −0.05 | 0.25 |
Work | 1.02 (1.07) | 1.17 (1.21) | −0.15 | <0.01 |
Unemployment | 0.62 (1.14) | 0.50 (1.12) | 0.11 | 0.03 |
Temporary support | 0.52 (0.97) | 0.38 (0.86) | 0.14 | <0.001 |
Permanent support | 0.05 (0.22) | 0.06 (0.25) | −0.02 | 0.17 |
Mean number of episodes (total) | 3.52 (2.90) | 3.48 (2.93) | 0.04 | 0.76 |
Mean number of different elements in sequence | 2.32 (0.97) | 2.27 (0.84) | 0.05 | 0.20 |
Volatility indicator | 0.37 (0.24) | 0.40 (0.22) | −0.04 | <0.001 |
Integration indicator | 0.36 (0.38) | 0.49 (0.40) | −0.13 | <0.0001 |