High sick leave incidence, short, long, and repetitive spells of sickness absence among 24 Belgian companies, by self reported work characteristics (women)
| Women (n = 4307) | 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 (13 d). | |||||||||
| Number of events | 1111§ | 2074 | 372 | 663 | |||||
| Job demands | |||||||||
| Quartile 1 (<20) | 739 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Quartile 2 (20–22.9) | 1243 | 1.09 | (0.82 to 1.44) | 0.95 | (0.75 to 1.20) | 1.07 | (0.69 to 1.66) | 1.01 | (0.72 to 1.42) |
| Quartile 3 (23–25.9) | 1164 | 1.11 | (0.84 to 1.48) | 0.98 | (0.77 to 1.25) | 1.14 | (0.73 to 1.77) | 0.94 | (0.67 to 1.33) |
| Quartile 4 (⩾26) | 1161 | 1.36 | (1.03 to 1.80)* | 1.07 | (0.84 to 1.36) | 1.18 | (0.76 to 1.84) | 1.22 | (0.87 to 1.70) |
| Job control | 1.70 | ||||||||
| Quartile 1 (<56) | 949 | 1.69 | (1.31 to 2.19)‡ | 1.21 | (0.97 to 1.52) | 1.73 | (1.16 to 2.58)‡ | (1.25 to 2.32)‡ | |
| Quartile 2 (56–63.9) | 962 | 1.30 | (1.00 to 1.69) | 1.21 | (0.96 to 1.51) | 1.32 | (0.87 to 2.01) | 1.36 | (0.99 to 1.87) |
| Quartile 3 (64–71.9) | 1248 | 1.07 | (0.83 to 1.38) | 1.01 | (0.82 to 1.25) | 1.09 | (0.73 to 1.65) | 1.00 | (0.73 to 1.37) |
| Quartile 4 (⩾72) | 1148 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Social support at work | |||||||||
| Quartile 1 (<21) | 1064 | 1.57 | (1.26 to 1.94)‡ | 1.32 | (1.09 to 1.61)‡ | 1.57 | (1.13 to 2.18)‡ | 1.77 | (1.37 to 2.30)‡ |
| Quartile 2 (21–22.9) | 776 | 1.03 | (0.80 to 1.34) | 1.06 | (0.85 to 1.32) | 0.85 | (0.55 to 1.31) | 1.24 | (0.91 to 1.69) |
| Quartile 3 (23–23.9) | 501 | 0.83 | (0.60 to 1.14) | 0.96 | (0.74 to 1.24) | 1.12 | (0.70 to 1.79) | 0.96 | (0.65 to 1.42) |
| Quartile 4 (⩾24) | 1966 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Strain | |||||||||
| Relaxed | 1185 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Passive | 1174 | 1.29 | (1.01 to 1.65)* | 1.15 | (0.93 to 1.43) | 1.19 | (0.81 to 1.74) | 1.30 | (0.97 to 1.76) |
| Active | 1211 | 1.04 | (0.81 to 1.34) | 1.05 | (0.85 to 1.30) | 0.87 | (0.58 to 1.32) | 0.96 | (0.70 to 1.32) |
| High strain | 737 | 1.75 | (1.34 to 2.30)‡ | 1.37 | (1.07 to 1.74)† | 1.64 | (1.09 to 2.45)* | 1.82 | (1.32 to 2.51)‡ |
| Iso-strain | |||||||||
| Else | 3278 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Passive jobs with low support | 556 | 1.30 | (1.00 to 1.69) | 1.23 | (0.97 to 1.56) | 1.21 | (0.80 to 1.83) | 1.57 | (1.16 to 2.13)‡ |
| Strained jobs with low support | 473 | 1.75 | (1.34 to 2.30)‡ | 1.41 | (1.09 to 1.82)† | 1.77 | (1.20 to 2.61)‡ | 2.12 | (1.56 to 2.87)‡ |