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Table 3 Return to work (RTW) and sick leave outcomes in the brief and multidisciplinary intervention groups within Subgroup 1 (those with influence on the planning of their own work and no perceived risk of losing job and/or being a work injury claimant)

From: Sustainability of return to work in sick-listed employees with low-back pain. Two-year follow-up in a randomized clinical trial comparing multidisciplinary and brief intervention

 

One-year follow-up

Two-year follow-up

Brief intervention N = 113

Multidiscipl. intervention N = 114

P

Brief intervention N = 113

Multidiscipl. Intervention N = 114

P

RTW >4 weeks during follow-up (n;%)

90; 79.7

78; 68.4

0.014*

92; 81.4

85; 74.6

0.028*

Status at 52 nd and 104 th week

      

RTW (n;%)

77; 68.1

66; 57.9

0.12**

74; 65.5

62; 54.4

0.068**

Sick leave (n;%)

28; 24.8

39; 34.2

 

14; 12.4

27; 63.7

 

Modified job or training (n;%)

6; 5.3

8; 7.0

 

15; 13.3

14; 12.3

 

Labour market exclusion (n;%)

2; 1.8

0; 0.0

 

6; 5.3

6; 5.3

 

Other (n;%)

0; 0.0

0; 0.0

 

3; 2.7

3; 2.6

 

Died or moved abroad (n;%)

0; 0.0

1; 0.9

 

1; 0.9

2; 1.8

 

Sick leave weeks in first and second year (25; 50; 75 percentiles)

6; 14; 34

12; 26; 51

0.001***

0; 0; 14

0; 1; 25

0.11***

  1. *Cox regression model adjusted for gender and age.
  2. **Logistic regression model adjusted for gender and age.
  3. ***Wilcoxon rank-sum test.