Supplementary Table 2: Survey item distributions across levels of work absence duration.
Variable / Categories / Total(N = 941) / Short-term Absences: 1-10 days absent (N=519) / Medium Duration Absence: 11-30 days absent (N=176) / Prolonged Absence: 31 or more days absent (N=246) / p-value *
Age / Continuous / Mean (SD): 42.9 (10.6) / 42.2 (10.7) / 42.9 (11.4) / 44.4 (9.5) / .0251
Household Income / <$40,000 (ref†) / 97 (10.3) / 9.4 (%) / 7.0 / 14.6 / .1245
$40,000-59,999 / 251 (26.7) / 26.2 / 24.7 / 29.1
$60,000-79,999 / 189 (20.1) / 19.0 / 23.4 / 20.0
$80,000-99,999 / 178 (18.9) / 19.0 / 20.3 / 16.8
$100,000 or more / 226 (24.0) / 19.3 / 24.5 / 19.5
Marital Status / Married or common-law (ref) / 617 (65.6) / 67.3 / 66.8 / 61.0 / .3336
Single or never married / 156 (16.6) / 16.8 / 14.5 / 17.6
Divorced, widowed or separated / 168 (17.8) / 15.9 / 18.7 / 21.4
Back Problems / No back problems (ref) / 412 (43.8) / 47.7 / 36.8 / 40.7 / .0224
Back problems / 529 (56.2) / 52.3 / 63.2 / 59.3
Depression / Not depressed (ref) / 789 (83.9) / 85.1 / 82.7 / 82.3 / .5441
Depressed / 152 (16.1) / 14.9 / 17.3 / 17.7
Multimorbidity - Arthritis / No arthritis (ref) / 733 (77.9) / 78.7 / 70.1 / 81.9 / .0128
Arthritis / 208 (22.1) / 21.3 / 29.9 / 18.1
Multimorbidity - Migraine / No migraine (ref) / 717 (76.2) / 74.5 / 81.2 / 76.4 / .1928
Migraine / 224 (23.8) / 25.5 / 18.8 / 23.6
Pain-Related Work Interference / Not at all (ref) / 324 (34.4) / 40.6 / 23.9 / 28.8 / <.0001
Some of the time / 449 (47.7) / 50.1 / 56.3 / 36.6
Most of the time / 99 (10.5) / 6.40 / 12.8 / 17.5
All of the time / 69 (7.4) / 2.8 / 7.0 / 17.1
Work-Related Pain Severity / No pain (ref) / 227 (24.2)
Mild pain / 65 (6.9)
Moderate pain / 276 (29.3) / Small cells
Severe pain / 307 (32.6)
Unbearable pain / 66 (7.0)
Emotional Abuse and/or Physical Assault by a Coworker / No (ref) / 626 (66.5) / 69.9 / 54.3 / 68.2 / .0007
Yes / 315 (33.5) / 30.1 / 45.7 / 31.8
Emotional Abuse and/or Physical Assault by a Patient or Visitor / No (ref) / 241 (25.6) / 22.7 / 25.8 / 31.8 / .0265
Yes / 700 (74.4) / 77.3 / 74.2 / 68.2
Employment Status / Full-time (ref) / 561 (59.6) / 56.4 / 68.2 / 60.5 / .0212
Part-time / 380 (40.4) / 43.6 / 31.8 / 39.5
Facility Type / Acute care (ref) / 697 (74.0)
Long-term Care / 171 (18.2) / Small cell
Community care or other / 73 (7.8)
Job Strain: Workplace Control / High control (ref) / 574 (61.0) / 62.2 / 61.40 / 58.0 / .5334
Low control / 367 (39.0) / 37.8 / 38.6 / 42.0
Job Strain: Workplace Demands / Low demands (ref) / 554 (58.8) / 60.6 / 65.8 / 50.1 / .0026
High demands / 387 (41.2) / 39.4 / 34.2 / 49.9
Safe Lifting at Work / No lifting required (ref) / 65 (6.9) / Small cell
Lifting required and equipment available / 671 (71.3)
Lifting required, no equipment available / 205 (21.8)
Organizational Culture / Autonomy (continuous) / Mean (SD): 9.5 (3.1)
Range: 0-15 / 9.5 (3.0) / 9.7 (3.1) / 9.3 (3.2) / .3717
Control over practice (continuous) / Mean (SD): 10.5 (4.1)
Range: 0-21 / 10.8 (4.2) / 10.7 (4.1) / 9.9 (4.0) / .0177
Nurse-physician relationship (continuous) / Mean (SD): 6.3 (2.0)
Range: 0-9 / 6.3 (2.1) / 6.7 (1.9) / 6.3 91.8) / .0663
Unionization / Unionized or collective agreement (ref) / 906 (96.3) / Small cell
Non-unionized / 35 (3.7)
Workers’ Compensation Claim Submission / No (ref) / 338 (36.0) / 61.8 / 68.8 / 65.3
Yes / 603 (64.0) / 38.2 / 31.2 / 34.7
Workplace Respect and Support / Continuous / Mean (SD): 6.4 (2.0)
Range: 0-9 / 6.5 (2.0) / 6.4 (1.9) / 6.1 (2.1) / .0342
Workplace Physical Demands / Disagree/neutral (ref) / 451 (48.0) / 50.5 / 46.3 / 43.8 / .2006
Agree / 490 (52.0) / 49.5 / 53.7 / 56.2
†Ref = reference category
Note: for each variable the percentage adds to 100 within each category of outcome.