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Table 2 The association between psychological job demands, decision control, and the demand-control [39] job types on return to work, 18 months after participation in a return-to-work programme

From: Job demands and decision control predicted return to work: the rapid-RTW cohort study

Variable

 

Unadjusted

 

Adjustedb

 

n a

HR

95% CI

p

n a

HR

95% CI

p

Psychological job demands

405

.688

.551–.859

.001

363

.654

.513–.832

.001

Decision control

408

1.322

1.059–1.650

0.014

366

1.297

1.010–1.666

.042

The DC job typesc

385

  

.005

348

  

004

 Low-strain jobs

 

1.750

1.282–2.389

.000

 

1.811

1.287–2.549

.001

 Passive jobs

 

1.496

.1.075–2.082

.017

 

1.599

1.107–2.309

.012

 Active jobs

 

1.369

.991–1.890

.057

 

1.281

.887–1.849

.186

  1. Abbreviations: HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, DC demand-control model
  2. aall predictors could not be assessed for every subject due to missing values. bAdjusted for age, gender, educational level, marital status, diagnoses, previous sickness absence, workplace sector and household income c high-strain jobs were used as a reference value