Rate ratios (RR) for purchases of prescription anxiolytics and sedatives and their 95% confidence interval (CI) in relation to a downsizing event, comparing changes over time within groups in analyses stratified by downsizing and employment status after downsizing.
Statistically significant differences between exposed and not exposed are expressed with * in mutually adjusted models.(DOCX)Click here for additional data file.The authors want to thank Jaana Pentti, statistician at the Department of Public Health University of Turku, for valuable contributions on statistical analysis and coding. We also thank Tatjana von Rosen at the Department of Statistics, Stockholm University, for her comments on data management and coding of key variables. The authors are grateful to the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE) and colleagues at the Stress Research Institute and Division of Insurance Medicine at Karolinska Institute for enabling this work.