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Table 3 Multivariate model of association between main predictors of interest and filing of workers’ compensation claims (number of claims = 129)

From: The impact of workplace factors on filing of workers’ compensation claims among nursing home workers

Variable (range of values)

ALL

NA

nonNA

Claim subset*

(n = 1473)

(n = 856)

(n = 617)

(n = 1409)

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Pain severity (1–5)

1.49

1.18 – 1.87

1.63

1.25 – 2.12

1.03

0.63 – 1.70

1.34

1.00 – 1.80

Physical demand (5–20)

1.07

1.01 – 1.14

1.11

1.03 – 1.19

0.97

0.86 – 1.09

1.09

1.00 – 1.18

Job strain (1–16)

0.83

0.73 – 0.94

0.81

0.70 – 0.93

0.81

0.55 – 1.20

0.80

0.65 – 0.98

Social support (4–16)

0.90

0.82 – 0.99

0.92

0.83 – 1.02

0.81

0.66 – 1.00

0.90

0.79 – 1.03

Schedule control (2–8)

1.09

0.95 – 1.25

1.09

0.93 – 1.27

1.11

0.82 – 1.50

1.14

0.93 – 1.39

Safety climate (1–4)

1.04

0.67 – 1.61

1.20

0.73 – 1.96

0.78

0.28 – 2.15

1.16

0.66 – 2.03

Education (1–12)

0.79

0.71 – 0.89

0.84

0.71 – 1.00

0.78

0.64 – 0.95

0.80

0.68 – 0.93

BMI (11–57)

0.98

0.96 – 1.01

1.00

0.97 – 1.03

0.92

0.85 – 1.00

0.98

0.93 – 1.02

  1. OR: odds ratio.
  2. CI: confidence interval.
  3. NA includes CNA, GNA and CMA, nonNA include other job titles listed in Table 1.
  4. *Claim subset: only claims filed after the survey (number of claims = 65).