Table 2

Association between the psychosocial work environment and risk of sick leave among 94 ministerial employees with symptom-defined PTSD, 10 months after a workplace terrorist attack on 22 July in Oslo, 2011

Psychosocial work factorsBinary logistic modelNegative binomial count model
OR (95% CI)aOR (95% CI)†RR (95% CI)aRR (95% CI)†
Support from superior0.86
(0.55 to 1.33)		0.89
(0.55 to 1.43)		0.80
(0.56 to 1.14)		0.77
(0.53 to 1.12)
Support from coworkers1.12
(0.70 to 1.81)		0.98
(0.58 to 1.65)		0.94
(0.60 to 1.49)		1.00
(0.62 to 1.62)
Predictability at work0.73
(0.49 to 1.08)		0.62*
(0.40 to 0.98)		1.10
(0.81 to 1.49)		1.13
(0.84 to 1.53)
Control of decision0.65
(0.33 to 1.28)		0.65
(0.31 to 1.37)		0.65
(0.40 to 1.05)		0.61*
(0.38 to 0.98)
Control of work intensity0.75
(0.40 to 1.42)		0.74
(0.37 to 1.46)		0.92
(0.55 to 1.54)		0.88
(0.54 to 1.43)
Positive challenge at work0.99
(0.60 to 1.66)		0.99
(0.56 to 1.75)		0.70
(0.34 to 1.44)		0.82
(0.39 to 1.69)
Quantitative demands1.36
(0.80 to 2.31)		1.52
(0.84 to 2.72)		0.91
(0.58 to 1.43)		1.10
(0.62 to 1.81)
Decisional demands0.90
(0.50 to 1.69)		0.92
(0.48 to 1.79)		0.86
(0.54 to 1.36)		0.93
(0.56 to 1.55)
Learning demands1.73
(0.88 to 3.40)		1.73
(0.88 to 3.40)		1.23
(0.62 to 2.45)		1.23
(0.62 to 2.45)
Social organisational climate1.39
(0.74 to 2.62)		1.35
(0.69 to 2.63)		0.71
(0.34 to 1.47)		0.71
(0.34 to 1.47)
Innovative organisational climate0.83
(0.47 to 1.47)		0.76
(0.41 to 1.46)		0.69
(0.42 to 1.11)		0.68
(0.43 to 1.09)
Human resource primacy climate0.83
(0.49 to 1.39)		0.76
(0.43 to 1.36)		0.69
(0.43 to 1.12)		0.66
(0.40 to 1.13)

  • *P<0.05.

  • †OR and RR adjusted for sex and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist score (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Specific).

  • aOR, adjusted OR; aRR, adjusted rate ratio; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; RR, rate ratio.