Social support in workplace consisted of six questions, which were also taken from BJSQ.
With regard to workplace-related factors, job stress, social support in workplace, working hours and type of employment were used.
We then examined the mediation of socioeconomic disparities by workplace-related factors (social support in workplace, job stress, working hours and type of employment).
The early postpartum period for a woman is characterised by reduced participation in activities outside the domestic sphere, disruption to social support in paid workplaces and social networks, and therefore greater dependence on her intimate partner.
In a prospective, longitudinal study of 366 employed people with arthritis, lack of support in the workplace and work limitations were predictors of future depression [ 14].
Workplace-related factors (social support in the workplace, job stress, working hours and type of employment) substantially explained the association between occupation and SROH.
Each indicator of SEP, including childhood SEP, was significantly inversely associated with SROH, and all of the workplace-related factors (social support in the workplace, job stress, working hours and type of employment) were also significantly associated with SROH.
Research both here and overseas has demonstrated that allied health professionals are more likely to stay with an organization when they are able to attain higher levels of competency and professional development, there is good peer support in the workplace and inter-professional collaboration and workplaces encourage 'continuous learning cultures' [ 28, 40].
Indeed, the influence of psychosocial risk factors such as psychological distress, fear-avoidance, catastrophizing, unhelpful pain beliefs and behaviour, job dissatisfaction and perceived lack of social support in the workplace on claimants' work incapacity became more apparent during further analysis of the interview data, in particular revealed within the 'consequences of illness' theme.
Table 3 describes crude ORs and 95% CIs for associations between workplace-related factors (job stress, social support in the workplace, working hour and type of employment) and poor SROH.
