Research Article

Clinically Diagnosed Insomnia and Risk of All-Cause and Diagnosis-Specific Disability Pension: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Table 2

Total cohort. Insomnia and risk of all-cause incident disability pension (DP), Swedish nationwide cohort study; follow-up, 2006–2010a.

In-/outpatient care with diagnoses of disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep (ICD-10: G 47.0)No. of participants (%)Person-yearsNo. of DPsCrude IRR
(95% CI)
Adjusted IRR
(95% CI)b
Adjusted IRR
(95% CI)c
Adjusted IRR
(95% CI)d
Adjusted IRR
(95% CI)e

Insomnia inpatient care (G47.0 main diagnosis)
 0 admissions/hospitalization due to insomnia, 2000–2005 (unexposed)4,980,748 (100.00)23,560,231137,3701.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)
 At least one admission due to insomnia, 2000–2005134 (0.00)584195.29 (3.38–8.30)1.34 (0.86–2.10)1.30 (0.83–2.04)1.20 (1.18–1.21)0.79 (0.50–1.23)
Insomnia inpatient care (G47.0 secondary diagnosis)
 0 admissions/hospitalization due to insomnia, 2000–2005 (unexposed)4,980,799 (100.00)23,560,431137,3821.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)
 At least one admission due to insomnia, 2000–200583 (0.00)38473.10 (1.49–6.45)0.94 (0.45–1.97)1.18 (0.56–2.47)0.98 (0.47–2.05)0.70 (0.33–1.47)
Insomnia outpatient care (G47.0 main diagnosis)
 0 specialist visits due to insomnia, 2001–2005 (unexposed)4,980,552 (99.99)23,559,370137,3481.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)
 At least one specialist visit due to insomnia, 2001–2005330 (0.01)1,445414.70 (3.47–6.37)1.30 (0.96–1.76)1.33 (0.98–1.80)1.17 (0.86–1.58)0.83 (0.61–1.12)
Insomnia outpatient care (G47.0 secondary diagnosis)
 0 specialist visits due to insomnia, 2001–2005 (unexposed)4,980,743 (100.00)23,560,223137,3671.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)
 At least one specialist visit due to insomnia, 2001–2005139 (0.00)591226.14 (4.05–9.31)1.89 (1.24–2.87)2.22 (1.46–3.36)1.97 (1.30–2.99)1.50 (0.99–2.27)
Insomnia in-/outpatient care (G47.0 main/secondary diagnosis)
 0 admissions/visits due to insomnia, 2000/2001–2005 (unexposed)4,980,251 (99.99)23,558,071137,3041.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)1.00 (reference)
 At least one admission/visit due to insomnia,
 2000/2001–2005
631 (0.01)2,744855.08 (4.11–6.28)1.47 (1.19–1.82)1.52 (1.23–1.88)1.35 (1.09–1.67)0.96 (0.78–1.19)

Total4,980,88223,560,815137,389

The numbers of participants, person-years, and incident DPs are from the adjusted models where missing observations were excluded. In the crude models the number of missing observations = 0. The small number of missing observations for education, family situation, and country of birth is shown in Table 1.
IRRs adjusted for prior sickness absence.
IRRs adjusted for prior sickness absence, age, sex, education, and region of residence.
IRRs adjusted for prior sickness absence, age, sex, education, region of residence, inpatient care, and specialized outpatient care.
IRRs adjusted for prior sickness absence, age, sex, education, region of residence, inpatient care, specialized outpatient care, and medications (i.e., antipsychotics, anxiolytics, hypnotics, and sedatives).