High sick leave incidence, short, long, and repetitive spells of sickness absence among 24 Belgian companies, by self reported work characteristics (men)
| Men (n = 14529) | High sick leave incidence | Short spells(⩽7 d) | Long spells (>27 d) | Repetitive spells | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⩾C75 Age adjusted | (⩾1/year) Age adjusted | (⩾1/year) Age adjusted | (⩾3/year) Age adjusted | ||||||
| Work characteristics | Number | OR | (99%CI) | OR | (99%CI) | OR | (99%CI) | OR | (99%CI) |
| *p⩽0.01; †p⩽0.001; ‡p⩽0.0001. §Number of events, number of person above centile 75 of total number of days of sick leave (9 d). | |||||||||
| Number of events | 3645§ | 5465 | 930 | 1409 | |||||
| Job demands | |||||||||
| Quartile 1 (<20.25) | 3536 | 1 | (0.74 to 1.00)* | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Quartile 2 (20.25–22.9) | 2742 | 0.86 | (0.74 to 0.97)† | 0.96 | (0.84 to 1.09) | 0.90 | (0.69 to 1.16) | 0.98 | (0.79 to 1.22) |
| Quartile 3 (23–25.9) | 3852 | 0.84 | (0.67 to 0.87)‡ | 0.90 | (0.79 to 1.02) | 0.91 | (0.71 to 1.15) | 0.96 | (0.79 to 1.17) |
| Quartile 4 (⩾26) | 4399 | 0.76 | 0.89 | (0.79 to 1.01) | 0.80 | (0.63 to 1.01) | 0.88 | (0.72 to 1.07) | |
| Job control | (2.17 to2.92)‡ | ||||||||
| Quartile 1 (<62) | 3066 | 2.52 | (1.64 to 2.21)‡ | 1.66 | (1.46 to 1.89)‡ | 3.29 | (2.47 to 4.34)‡ | 2.71 | (2.18 to 3.38)‡ |
| Quartile 2 (62–69.9) | 3371 | 1.91 | (1.17 to 1.56)‡ | 1.50 | (1.32 to 1.70)‡ | 2.50 | (1.87 to 3.33)‡ | 1.87 | (1.49 to 2.34)‡ |
| Quartile 3 (70–77.9) | 4370 | 1.35 | 1.17 | (1.03 to 1.32)† | 1.62 | (1.20 to 2.17)‡ | 1.39 | (1.11 to 1.74)‡ | |
| Quartile 4 (⩾78) | 3722 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Social support at work | (1.38 to 1.81)‡ | ||||||||
| Quartile 1 (<21) | 3336 | 1.51 | (0.98 to 1.30) | 1.39 | (1.24 to 1.55)‡ | 1.38 | (1.12 to 1.71)‡ | 1.68 | (1.41 to 2.00)‡ |
| Quartile 2 (21–22.9) | 2614 | 1.13 | (0.91 to 1.26) | 1.11 | (0.98 to 1.26) | 1.24 | (0.97 to 1.57) | 1.19 | (0.97 to 1.46) |
| Quartile 3 (23–23.9) | 1784 | 1.07 | 1.17 | (1.02 to 1.35)* | 0.94 | (0.69 to 1.27) | 1.10 | (0.86 to 1.40) | |
| Quartile 4 (⩾24) | 6795 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Strain | |||||||||
| Relaxed | 3696 | 1 | (1.43 to 1.91)‡ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Passive | 3893 | 1.58 | (0.69 to 0.91)‡ | 1.35 | (1.20 to 1.53)‡ | 1.85 | (1.45 to 2.36)‡ | 1.64 | (1.34 to 2.01)‡ |
| Active | 4396 | 0.79 | (1.47 to 1.99)‡ | 0.92 | (0.81 to 1.04) | 0.80 | (0.60 to 1.05) | 0.84 | (0.67 to 1.04) |
| High strain | 2544 | 1.71 | 1.43 | (1.24 to 1.64)‡ | 2.01 | (1.55 to 2.62)‡ | 1.80 | (1.44 to 2.23)‡ | |
| Iso-strain | |||||||||
| Else | 11169 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Passive jobs with low support | 1741 | 1.65 | (1.43 to 1.91)† | 1.42 | (1.24 to 1.62)‡ | 1.83 | (1.45 to 2.32)‡ | 1.78 | (1.45 to 2.17)‡ |
| Strained jobs with low support | 1618 | 1.79 | (1.54 to 2.07)† | 1.44 | (1.26 to 1.66)‡ | 1.92 | (1.51 to 2.45)‡ | 1.87 | (1.52 to 2.29)‡ |