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Table 4 Return to work (RTW) and sick leave outcomes in the brief and multidisciplinary intervention groups within Subgroup 2 (those without influence on the planning of their own work or feeling at risk of losing job and not 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 = 57

Multidiscipl. intervention N = 60

P

Brief intervention N = 57

Multidiscipl. Intervention N = 60

P

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

38; 66.7

48; 80.0

0.09*

43; 75.4

50; 83.3

0.17*

Status at 52 nd and 104 th week

      

RTW (n;%)

33; 57.9

41; 68.3

0.19**

29; 50.9

39; 65.0

0.098**

Sick leave (n;%)

16; 28.1

10; 16.7

 

14; 24.6

6; 10.0

 

Modified job or training (n;%)

4; 7.0

8; 13.3

 

6; 10.5

8; 13.3

 

Labour market exclusion (n;%)

4; 7.0

0; 0.0

 

5; 8.8

3; 5.0

 

Other (n;%)

0; 0.0

1; 1.7

 

3; 5.3

4; 6.7

 

Died or moved abroad (n;%)

0; 0.0

0; 0.0

 

0; 0.0

0; 0.0

 

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

6; 13; 40

6; 14; 30

0.59***

0; 2; 15

0; 2; 15

0.62***

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