A cross-sectional survey of work and income loss consideration among patients with herpes zoster when completing a quality of life questionnaire

Table 4 Odds of absenteeism/presenteeism vs. no work loss (entire cohort, employed subset)

Independent Variables	Absent/Present vs. No Work loss, Entire Cohort (N = 722)				Absent/Present vs. No Work loss, Employed Subset (N = 584)
Independent Variables	odds ratio	lower 95% CI	upper 95% CI	p-value	odds ratio	lower 95% CI	upper 95% CI	p-value
Herpes Zoster Severity
Very mild	ref.	–	–	–	ref.	–	–	–
Mild	2.396	1.401	4.098	0.001	2.872	1.562	5.281	< 0.001
Moderate	5.707	3.312	9.834	< 0.001	6.683	3.593	12.430	< 0.001
Severe	7.279	3.880	13.658	< 0.001	9.293	4.478	19.284	< 0.001
Extremely severe	8.988	3.562	22.680	< 0.001	21.341	5.469	83.271	< 0.001
Location of pain^a
Shoulder/Upper Arm/Elbow/Forearm/Hand	0.831	0.488	1.415	0.496	0.858	0.450	1.636	0.643
Thigh/Knee/Shin/Calf/Ankle/Foot	0.809	0.397	1.652	0.561	0.811	0.365	1.801	0.607
Face/Scalp/Neck/Eye/Ear	1.895	1.056	3.399	0.032	1.955	0.997	3.832	0.051
Chest/Abdomen/Upper Back/Lower Back	1.474	0.852	2.550	0.166	1.553	0.827	2.916	0.171
Groin area/Buttocks	1.621	0.766	3.429	0.206	1.192	0.522	2.722	0.676
Length of time pain lasted categories
Less than 1 month	ref.	–	–	–	ref.	–	–	–
1 to less than 3 months	1.490	0.952	2.334	0.081	1.416	0.850	2.357	0.181
3 months to less than 6 months	1.493	0.705	3.162	0.295	2.259	0.854	5.970	0.100
6 months to less than 12 months	1.412	0.521	3.827	0.498	1.306	0.406	4.198	0.655
12+ months	2.907	1.140	7.415	0.025	0.803	7.854	0.114	0.803
Currently employed	1.664	1.062	2.609	0.026
Age (claims-based)	0.973	0.930	1.017	0.223	0.973	0.923	1.025	0.301
Gender
Male	0.582	0.404	0.840	0.004	0.443	0.291	0.673	< 0.001
Female	ref.	–	–	–	ref.	–	–	–

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