Self-assessed mental health problems and work capacity as determinants of return to work: a prospective general population-based study of individuals with all-cause sickness absence

Table 1 Bivariate multinomial logistic regression analyses with crude odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for medium and late RTW compared with early RTW (n=2502, 856 men and 1646 women), Health Assets Project 2008

Independent variables	RTW
	Medium late RTW (29–104 days)			Late RTW (≥105 days)
	n(exp)	% (exp)	OR (95% CI)	n(exp)	% (exp)	OR (95% CI)
Gender
Men	322	37.6	1	192	22.4	1
Women	591	35.9	0.96 (0.80–1.16)	401	24.4	1.09 (0.88–1.36)
Age
19–30 years	115	52.1	1	41	15.0	1
31–50 years	396	35.5	0.90 (0.67–1.20)	271	24.3	1.72 (1.70–2.54)
51–64 years	402	36.1	0.95 (0.71–1.27)	281	25.2	1.87 (1.27–2.74)
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	675	37.1	1	430	23.6	1
Single	22	34.3	0.88 (0.72–1.08)	158	24.4	0.98 (0.78–1.24)
Educational level
Higher education	303	35.9	1	200	23.7	1
Upper secondary education	383	36.0	1.01 (0.89–1.24)	252	23.7	1.00 (0.80–1.27)
Primary education	215	38.2	1.12 (0.88–1.43)	132	23.4	1.04 (0.79–1.38)
Socioeconomic status
High nonmanual	113	38.6	1	79	27.0	1
Intermediate/low nonmanual	297	34.2	0.73 (0.54–0.99)	208	23.9	0.73 (0.52–1.03)
Skilled/unskilled workers and self-employed	484	37.0	0.83 (0.62–1.12)	303	23.2	0.74 (0.54–1.03)
Hours worked
Full-time	673	37.6	1	388	21.7	1
Part-time	220	33.6	0.95 (0.77–1.76)	185	28.2	1.39(1.11–1.74)
Past year sick-leave days
No	704	36.0	1	436	22.3	1
Yes	209	38.1	1.32 (1.06–1.65)	157	28.6	1.60 (1.26–2.04)
Persistent mental illness
No	840	37.1	1	494	21.8	1
Yes	73	31.1	1.29 (0.91–1.83)	99	42.1	2.97 (2.13–4.15)
Mental well-being
High	698	39.6	1	308	17.5	1
Low	214	29.2	0.98 (0.80–1.22)	284	38.7	2.96 (2.38–3.68)

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