Work-related stress and future sick leave in a working population seeking care at primary health care centres: a prospective longitudinal study using the WSQ

Table 3 Association between work-related stress measured with the Work Stress Questionnaire and registered sick leave (N = 232)

Variable		Sick leave ≥ 15 days		Unadjusted	Adjusted for educational level, occupational class and marital status
Variable		Yes	%	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Influence at work	High	40	17	1.00	1.00
Influence at work	Low	43	19	2.07 (1.20:3.57)	2.00 (1.14;3.52)
Stress due to organization and conflicts	Low	58	25	1.00	1.00
Stress due to organization and conflicts	High	25	11	2.25 (1,18:4,26)	2.28 (1.17;4.44)
Stress due to demands and commitment	Low	35	15	1.00	1.00
Stress due to demands and commitment	High	48	21	2,21 (1,28;3,82)	2.44 (1.37;4.33)
Work/leisure time interference	Low	40	17	1.00	1.00
Work/leisure time interference	High	43	19	2,19 (1,27;3,80)	2.32 (1.31;4.11)
Effect from any dimension^a	0 dim	15	6	1.00	1.00
	1–2 dim	36	16	1.97 (0.98;3.97)	1.90 (0.92;3.94)
	3–4 dim	32	14	4.35 (2.02;9,36)	4.56 (2.05;10.16)
Combination of perceived stress^b	Low on both	30	13	1.00	1.00
	High on one	33	14	1.62 (0.89;2.96)	1.83 (0.97;3.46)
	High on both	20	9	4.15 (1.84;9.38)	4.54 (1.93;10.69)

^aLow influence at work, high perceived stress due to indistinct organization and conflicts, high perceived stress due to individual demands and commitment or high work to leisure time interference
^bPerceived stress due to indistinct organization and conflicts in combination with perceived stress due to individual demands and commitment

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