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Table 3
Coping behaviours and support related to work impairment outcomes, employed 25 to 64 year-olds

  Reduced work due to long-term physical/mental problem At least 1 mental health disability day in previous 2 weeks Absent from work 1 or more days in previous week
All workers Depression in past 12 months All workers Depression in past 12 months All workers Depression in past 12 months
Adjusted odds ratio
Coping behaviour used often or sometimes1
Trying to solve problem 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.0 ...
Wishing situation away or finished 1.34 0.6 2.14 0.6 0.9 0.8
Positive tension reduction2 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.1 0.7 0.4
Trying to look on bright side 0.9 0.7 0.54 0.34 0.9 1.4
Negative tension reduction3 1.44 0.8 3.14 2.6 1.2 1.2
Talking to others 0.84 1.0 0.74 0.6 0.9 1.6
Blaming oneself 1.1 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.4
Avoiding people 1.1 1.0 1.4 0.7 1.1 1.3
Type of support
Low co-worker support 1.1 1.1 1.74 0.8 1.1 1.94
Low supervisor support 1.0 1.3 1.74 1.1 1.3 1.1
Low emotional social support 1.54 1.5 1.94 1.7 0.7 1.1
1 As opposed to rarely or never (the reference group).
2 Jogging or other exercise, praying or seeking spiritual help, doing something enjoyable.
3 Sleeping more than usual, eating more or less than usual, smoking more cigarettes than usual, drinking alcohol, using drugs or medication.
4 Significantly different from the reference (ref) group at less than the 0.05 level.
Note: Some odds ratios with lower/upper confidence interval limits of 1.0 were statistically significant before rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, cycle 1.2; Mental Health and Well-being, 2002