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Table 2 Return to work (RTW) and sick leave outcomes in the brief (N = 175) and multidisciplinary intervention groups (N = 176)

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

Multidiscipl. intervention

P

Brief intervention

Multidiscipl. intervention

P

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

133; 76.0

127; 72.2

0.20*

140; 80.0

136; 77;3

0.22*

Status at 52 nd and 104 th week

      

RTW (n;%)

115; 65.7

108; 61.4

0.43**

107; 61.1

102; 58.0

0.54**

Sick leave (n;%)

44; 25.1

49; 27.8

 

29; 16.6

33; 18.8

 

Modified job or training (n;%)

10; 5.7

16; 9.1

 

21; 12.0

22; 12.5

 

Labour market exclusion (n;%)

6; 3.4

1; 0.6

 

11; 6.3

10; 5.7

 

Other (n;%)

0; 0.0

1; 0.6

 

6; 3.4

7; 4.0

 

Died or moved abroad (n;%)

0; 0.0

1; 0.6

 

1; 0.6

2; 1.1

 

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

5; 14; 37

10; 20; 43

0.018***

0; 0; 14

0; 1; 17

0.29***

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