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Table 6 Difference in distribution of one year registered sickness-absence net days (n-days) > 14 days by reporting high or low psychosocial work demand exposure

From: Important work demands for reducing sickness absence among workers with neck or upper back pain: a prospective cohort study

 

Work demand exposure

Low

High

N

Mean n-days

N

Mean n-days

P*

Demand

 All

1619

9

2930

11

0.35

 Women

983

9

2032

13

0.07

 Men

636

10

898

9

0.10

 16–29 years

189

2

333

5

0.30

 30–49 years

758

9

1364

11

0.24

 50–64 years

672

11

1233

14

0.80

Support

 All

2097

11

2452

11

0.29

 Women

1294

12

1721

11

0.17

 Men

803

9

731

10

0.64

 16–29 years

212

6

310

3

0.42

 30–49 years

921

10

1201

10

0.45

 50–64 years

964

12

941

14

0.95

Control

 All

2473

13

2076

8

< 0.01

 Women

1787

14

1228

7

< 0.01

 Men

686

8

848

10

0.70

 16–29 years

320

6

202

2

< 0.05

 30–49 years

1103

12

1019

8

0.06

 50–64 years

1050

15

855

10

< 0.01

  1. Four thousand five hundred sixty-seven workers with self-reported neck or upper back pain by gender and age group. Mean number of n-days for description only. P values indicate the difference in distribution of sick days between reporting high or low exposure. Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test * = two tailed; bold numbers indicate a statistically significant difference. N = number of workers
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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