Importance of work factors and coping variables for withdrawal from the labour force, taking into account age, sex, educational level, disease activity, and disease duration; attributable and preventable fractions4-150
| Factor (exposed/non-exposed)4-151 | aOR4-152 | Proportion of RA patients withdrawn from the labour force exposed to the factor | Attributable fraction | Proportion of RA patients withdrawn from the labour force not exposed to the factor | Preventable fraction |
| Pain coping style: decreasing activities ((very) oftenvsometimes/never) | 3.2 | 0.67 | 46% | ||
| Adjusted job demands (yes vno) | 0.26 | 0.85 | 63% | ||
| Coaching of management (insufficient vsufficient) | 4.1 | 0.64 | 48% | ||
| Colleagues well informed about RA (yes vno) | 0.24 | 0.22 | 18% | ||
| Limitations coping style: pacing (very often/often vsometimes/never) | 4.6 | 0.85 | 67% | ||
| Number of working hours (<32 h/w v ⩾32 h/w) | 0.31 | 0.61 | 42% | ||
| Mobility in transportation (reduced v not reduced) | 3.6 | 0.17 | 12% | ||
| Accessibility of workplace (bad vgood) | 3.5 | 0.24 | 17% | ||
| Additional job training after diagnosis (yes vno) | 0.46 | 0.55 | 29% | ||
| RA influenced choice of last/present job position (yes vno) | 0.39 | 0.79 | 48% | ||
| Career opportunities within company (less equal to colleagues vequal) | 1.6 | 0.40 | 15% | ||
| Limitations coping style: optimism (very often/often vsometimes/never) | 0.56 | 0.15 | 6% | ||
| Temporary job position (yes vno) | 2.1 | 0.07 | 4% |
↵4-150 If a factor is positively associated with withdrawal from the labour force the proportion of patients with RA withdrawn exposed to that factor and the attributable fraction is presented; if a factor is negatively associated then the proportion of patients with RA withdrawn from the labour force not exposed to that factor and the preventable fraction is presented.
↵4-151 Variables are listed in order of their entry into the regression.
↵4-152 aOR=adjusted odds ratio (controlled for all variables presented in the table including age, sex, educational level, disease activity, and disease duration).