Predictors of sickness absence among employees with common mental disorders in Sweden鈥� a longitudinal study

Table 4 Results of the hierarchical GEE analysis for socio-demographic, health- and work-related variables on sickness absence

Factor	N	听		听	Adjusted for confounders
听	听	Exp (B)	95% CI	QIC	Exp (B)	95% CI	QIC
Block 1	197	听	听	听	听	听	听
Intercept	听	67.59	听	听	听	听	听
Age	听	1.01	0.99;1.03	听	听	听	听
Block 2	174	听	听	369.387	听	听	听
Intercept	听	113.31	听	听	听	听	听
HAD depression	听	1.05*	1.01; 1.10	听	听	听	听
EQ-5D	听	0.99*	0.98: 0.99	听	听	听	听
SF-36 single item	听	1.11	0.82: 1.50	听	听	听	听
KSQ sleep quality	听	1.13	0.99; 1.27	听	听	听	听
Block 3	162	听	听	354.848	听	听	听
Intercept	听	92.96	听	听	听	听	听
HAD depression	听	1.03	0.99; 1.07	听	听	听	听
EQ-5D	听	1.00	0.99; 1.00	听	听	听	听
Employment conditions	听	1.41	0.51; 3.90	听	听	听	听
Overtime work	听	0.99	0.89; 1.10	听	听	听	听
Work sector	听	1.09	0.75; 1.10	听	听	听	听
Work ability physical demands	听	1.19*	1.02; 1.40	听	1.19*	1.02; 1.39	349.786
Work ability mental demands	听	1.12	0.89; 1.46	听	听	听	听
Certainty of RTW鈥�<鈥�3 months	听	0.63**	0.48; 0.83	听	0.63**	0.49;0.80	听
DCSQ demands	听	1.28*	1.01; 1.61	听	1.30*	1.03;1.64	听
DCSQ support	听	1.03	0.71; 1.52	听	听	听	听
QPS Nordic reward	听	0.98	0.82; 1.16	听	听	听	听
Work-home interference	听	0.91	0.75; 1.10	听	听	听	听

Notes Exp (B)鈥�=鈥塭xponentiated beta coefficients; CI鈥�=鈥塩onfidence interval; QIC鈥�=鈥塓uality under the information criterion
*p鈥�&濒迟;鈥�0.05,**p鈥�&濒迟;鈥�0.001

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