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Table 8 Difference in 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*

Support

 WAS 10 Excellent

798

5

1084

8

0.84

 WAS 8–9 Good

716

9

847

9

0.69

 WAS 6–7 Moderate

389

15

324

13

0.72

 WAS 1–5 Poor

149

34

133

32

0.85

Demand

 WAS 10 Excellent

638

6

1244

7

0.37

 WAS 8–9 Good

563

9

1000

10

0.87

 WAS 6–7 Moderate

267

10

446

16

0.23

 WAS 1–5 Poor

114

28

168

36

0.25

Control

 WAS 10 Excellent

982

8

900

6

0.35

 WAS 8–9 Good

862

11

701

8

< 0.05

 WAS 6–7 Moderate

418

16

295

11

0.05

 WAS 1–5 Poor

148

42

134

22

< 0.05

  1. Four thousand five hundred sixty-seven workers with self-reported neck or upper back pain by Work Ability Score (WAS). 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