Table 5 Multilevel linear regression of the logarithm of days (95% confidence intervals) in rehabilitation time prior to disability pension award for subjects with other diagnoses

Females vs. Males

−0.02

−0.11 to 0.08

0.04

−0.08 to 0.15

0.03

−0.09 to 0.15

Age:

 44-46

Ref

Ref

Ref

 47-49

0.02

−0.25 to 0.30

−0.25

−0.25 to −0.30

0.03

−0.25 to 0.31

 50-52

−0.26

−0.52 to 0.01

−0.26

−0.54 to 0.01

−0.26

−0.53 to 0.02

 53-55

−0.14

−0.40 to 0.13

−0.12

−0.40 to 0.15

−0.10

−0.39 to 0.17

 56-59

−0.52

−0.79 to −0.26

−0.50

−0.78 to −0.23

−0.48

−0.76 to −0.20

 60-62

−0.80

−1.17 to −0.44

−0.77

−1.14 to −0.40

−0.74

−1.13 to −0.35

Unemployed prior to disability vs. not

0.15

0.05 to 0.25

0.19

0.08 to 0.29

0.19

0.08 to 0.30

Number of reported chronic illnesses

0.05

−0.00 to 0.10

−0.05

−0.01 to 0.10

Self-rated health:

 Very good

Ref

Ref

 Good

−0.01

−0.43 to 0.42

−0.02

−0.44 to 0.41

 Fair

0.11

−0.30 to 0.53

0.11

−0.31 to 0.53

 Poor

0.09

−0.35 to 0.53

0.09

−0.36 to 0.53

Depressed:

 Never/rarely

Ref

Ref

 Sometimes

0.01

−0.57 to 0.58

0.00

−0.57 to 0.58

 Often

0.04

−0.54 to 0.62

0.04

−0.54 to 0.61

 Almost all the time

−0.04

−0.66 to 0.57

−0.05

−0.67 to 0.57

Headache:

 Never/rarely

Ref

Ref

 Once or several times per month

−0.11

−0.24 to 0.01

−0.12

−0.25 to 0.01

 Once or several times per week

−0.09

−0.30 to 0.12

−0.10

−0.31 to 0.11

 Daily

0.01

−0.42 to 0.44

0.01

−0.42 to 0.44

Pain in neck or shoulder:

 Never/rarely

Ref

Ref

 Once or several times per month

0.09

−0.04 to 0.21

0.09

−0.04 to 0.22

 Once or several times per week

0.10

−0.08 to 0.29

0.11

−0.08 to 0.30

 Daily

0.13

−0.05 to 0.32

0.14

−0.04 to 0.32

Smoking:

 Non-smoker

Ref

Ref

 Former smoker

−0.04

−0.19 to 0.11

−0.03

−0.19 to 0.12

 Smoker

−0.01

−0.14 to 0.12

−0.01

−0.14 to 0.12

Alcohol:

 Non-drinker

Ref

Ref

 Up to 1–2 times per month

0.06

−0.07 to 0.18

0.05

−0.07 to 0.18

 More than once a week/daily

0.24

−0.02 to 0.49

0.25

−0.01 to 0.51

Education:

 High level

Ref

 Medium level

0.03

−0.09 to 0.14

 Low Level

0.04

−0.13 to 0.21

Municipality size:

 Under 7,500 inhabitants

Ref

 7,500 to 15000 inhabitants

−0.06

−0.20 to 0.07

 Over 15,000 inhabitants

−0.02

−0.14 to 0.10

 Rehabilitation rate in municipality

−0.02

−0.07 to 0.03

Random effects:

 Variance between municipalities

0.0038

0.0025

0.0008

 Variance within municipalities

0.3136

0.3048

0.3053

ICC:

0.01

0.01

0.00