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Table 2 Cox proportional hazards ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for associations between psychosocial working conditions and DP due to different diagnosis groups

From: Health behaviours and psychosocial working conditions as predictors of disability pension due to different diagnoses: a population-based study

 

DP due to MSD (n = 1252)b

Age and sex adjusted model

Full modela

Unhealthy behaviours

Healthy behaviours

Unhealthy behaviours

Healthy behaviours

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

Job demandse

1.84

1.67, 2.03

1.54

1.40, 1.69

1.16

1.01, 1.33

0.95

0.83, 1.08

Job controle

0.70

0.67, 0.74

0.77

0.73, 0.81

0.87

0.80, 0.94

0.98

0.90, 1.06

Social supporte

1.11

0.91, 1.36

1.17

0.97, 1.41

1.04

0.87, 1.26

1.12

0.93, 1.35

 

DP due to mental (n = 601)c

 

Age and sex adjusted model

Full modela

Unhealthy behaviours

Healthy behaviours

Unhealthy behaviours

Healthy behaviours

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

Job demandse

0.82

0.70, 0.97

0.82

0.71, 0.94

0.83

0.68, 1.01

0.91

0.75, 1.10

Job controle

1.05

0.95, 1.17

1.12

1.02, 1.24

1.01

0.88, 1.15

1.06

0.93, 1.20

Social supporte

1.13

0.88, 1.46

1.20

0.97, 1.49

1.10

0.85, 1.41

1.30

1.04, 1.63

 

DP due to other (n = 1162)d

 

Age and sex adjusted model

Full modela

Unhealthy behaviours

Healthy behaviours

Unhealthy behaviours

Healthy behaviours

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

HR

95%CI

Job demandse

1.25

1.13, 1.40

1.20

1.08, 1.33

1.00

0.87, 1.16

1.05

0.91, 1.22

Job controle

0.86

0.81, 0.91

0.91

0.85, 0.98

0.96

0.88, 1.04

0.97

0.88, 1.07

Social supporte

1.05

0.88, 1.26

1.31

1.11, 1.55

1.00

0.84, 1.18

1.29

1.10, 1.53

  1. aFull model adjusted for age, sex, marital status, children living at home, type of living area, self-rated health, body mass index and occupational group
  2. bDP due to MSD = disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses
  3. cDP due to mental = disability pension due to mental diagnoses
  4. dDP due to other = disability pension due to any diagnoses excluding MSD and mental
  5. e Psychosocial working conditions are as continuous in the models i.e. HR is calculated for each one unit increase in score. For job demands a score of 10 indicates low demands, whereas score 10 is high for control and support. Instead a score of 1 indicates high job demands, but low control and support
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BMC Public Health

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