Table 3

Joint effect of job insecurity and history of prolonged unemployment on incident antidepressant use

All participants (nā€Š=ā€Š5142)
At riskIncident antidepressant useModel 1Model 2
NN (%)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)
Job insecurity: No/History of unemployment: No2945116 (3.9)1 (reference)1 (reference)
Job insecurity: Yes/History of prolonged unemployment: No156572 (4.6)1.24 (0.91 to ā€“1.68)1.02 (0.74 to 1.39)
Job insecurity: No/History of prolonged unemployment: Yes29513 (4.4)1.08 (0.60 to 1.96)1.10 (0.60 to 2.00)
Job insecurity: Yes/History of prolonged unemployment: Yes33731 (9.2)2.38 (1.56 to 3.64)1.79 (1.15 to 2.79)
  • Logistic regression analysis: model 1 is adjusted for sex, age, cohabitation, socioeconomic position, andalcohol consumption; model 2 is additionally adjusted for depressive symptom score at baseline.