Socio-demographics:
| | | | | | | | |
Gender (% men)
|
49
|
258
|
42
|
83
|
44
|
93
|
41
|
37
|
Age (years, mean(SD))
|
41.4 (10.7)
|
258
|
40.5 (10.0)
|
83
|
43.6 (9.6)
|
93
|
41.3 (10.0)
|
37
|
Marital status (% single)
|
23
|
253
|
18
|
83
|
28
|
92
|
15
|
37
|
Children (% yes)
|
76
|
253
|
71
|
83
|
85
|
93
|
81
|
37
|
Education (%):
| |
251
| |
78
| |
93
| |
37
|
None
|
17
| |
17
| |
17
| |
19
| |
Brief courses
|
12
| |
9
| |
16
| |
16
| |
Skilled/trained
|
36
| |
28
| |
32
| |
38
| |
< 3 years
|
12
| |
13
| |
13
| |
5
| |
3-4 years
|
15
| |
26
| |
12
| |
16
| |
> 4 years
|
3
| |
4
| |
2
| |
3
| |
Other
|
5
| |
4
| |
8
| |
3
| |
Work-related factors:
| | | | | | | | |
Public employee (% yes)
|
41
|
246
|
44
|
78
|
43
|
89
|
27
|
37
|
High work pace (%):
| |
253
| |
83
| |
93
| |
37
|
Often
|
47
| |
48
| |
55
| |
65
| |
Some times
|
47
| |
43
| |
37
| |
30
| |
Seldom
|
5
| |
8
| |
8
| |
3
| |
Never/hardly ever
|
1
| |
0
| |
1
| |
3
| |
Support from colleagues (%):
| |
250
| |
81
| |
93
| |
37
|
Often
|
28
| |
32
| |
14
| |
14
| |
Some times
|
52
| |
52
| |
56
| |
49
| |
Seldom
|
16
| |
12
| |
19
| |
22
| |
Never/hardly ever
|
4
| |
4
| |
11
| |
16
| |
Colleagues willing to listen to work-related problems (%):
| |
250
| |
80
| |
93
| |
36
|
Often
|
49
| |
53
| |
38
| |
44
| |
Some times
|
40
| |
36
| |
48
| |
36
| |
Seldom
|
9
| |
10
| |
9
| |
11
| |
Never/hardly ever
|
2
| |
1
| |
5
| |
8
| |
Support from superior (%):
| |
247
| |
81
| |
92
| |
36
|
Often
|
29
| |
38
| |
28
| |
22
| |
Some times
|
43
| |
36
| |
41
| |
47
| |
Seldom
|
21
| |
21
| |
22
| |
17
| |
Never/hardly ever
|
7
| |
5
| |
9
| |
14
| |
Superior willing to listen to work-related problems (%):
| |
246
| |
81
| |
92
| |
37
|
Often
|
45
| |
49
| |
41
| |
41
| |
Some times
|
38
| |
31
| |
30
| |
30
| |
Seldom
|
11
| |
17
| |
21
| |
13
| |
Never/hardly ever
|
6
| |
2
| |
8
| |
16
| |
Job satisfaction, everything taken into consideration (%):
| |
249
| |
83
| |
91
| |
35
|
Very satisfied
|
46
| |
47
| |
40
| |
29
| |
More or less satisfied
|
47
| |
45
| |
44
| |
49
| |
Rather dissatisfied
|
6
| |
7
| |
12
| |
20
| |
Very dissatisfied
|
1
| |
1
| |
4
| |
3
| |
Influence on work planning (% yes)
|
80
|
251
|
79
|
82
|
67
|
90
|
43
|
35
|
Shift work (% yes)
|
21
|
251
|
27
|
82
|
29
|
90
|
25
|
36
|
Interested in returning to current job (% yes)
|
88
|
249
|
91
|
79
|
84
|
86
|
83
|
35
|
Health and work-related factors:
| | | | | | | | |
Feeling at risk of losing job because of current sick leave (% yes)
|
35
|
246
|
27
|
81
|
49
|
86
|
34
|
35
|
Concerned about losing job because of medical condition (% yes)
|
52
|
252
|
41
|
82
|
60
|
90
|
46
|
35
|
This incidence of LBP is caused by my work (% yes)
|
55
|
250
|
60
|
83
|
61
|
90
|
75
|
36
|
Work ability, all in all (%)
| |
251
| |
80
| |
92
| |
35
|
Excellent
|
9
| |
11
| |
9
| |
3
| |
Good
|
25
| |
35
| |
14
| |
17
| |
Fairly good
|
27
| |
18
| |
26
| |
34
| |
Fairly bad
|
27
| |
22
| |
23
| |
23
| |
Very bad
|
12
| |
14
| |
28
| |
23
| |
Permanently impaired work ability (% yes)
|
61
|
233
|
51
| |
77
|
88
|
82
|
34
|
Claim of compensation due to health problems has been forwarded (% yes)
|
21
|
258
|
21
|
83
|
33
|
93
|
38
|
37
|
Chances of being back at work in 6 months (scale 0-10, mean(SD))
|
8.0 (2.6)
|
227
|
8.5 (2.0)
|
83
|
6.5 (3.1)
|
87
|
6.5 (2.9)
|
35
|
Work ability in a year (%):
| |
250
| |
82
| |
89
| |
35
|
Much better
|
34
| |
43
| |
28
| |
14
| |
Fairly better
|
37
| |
32
| |
30
| |
43
| |
More or less the same
|
26
| |
25
| |
34
| |
40
| |
Fairly worse
|
3
| |
0
| |
8
| |
3
| |
Much worse
|
1
| |
0
| |
0
| |
0
| |
Incapacity benefit is desirable (%):
| |
234
| |
79
| |
86
| |
31
|
Absolutely not
|
91
| |
96
| |
77
| |
77
| |
Maybe
|
8
| |
4
| |
16
| |
16
| |
Absolutely
|
1
| |
0
| |
7
| |
7
| |