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Table 5 Recurrence of sick leave in the second year after the start of the intervention for subjects who accomplished return to work during the first year (N = 260)

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

  

Brief intervention

Multidiscipl. intervention

 
  

25; 50; 75 percentiles

n

25; 50; 75 percentiles

n

p*

All participants

Sick leave weeks

0; 0; 7

133

0; 0; 11

127

0.42

Subgroup 1 #

Sick leave weeks

0; 0; 7

90

0; 0; 12

78

0.49

Subgroup 2 ##

Sick leave weeks

0; 0; 7

38

0; 0; 9

48

0.84

  1. #Subgroup 1: Influence on planning own work, no perceived risk of losing job and/or work injury claimant.
  2. ##Subgroup 2: No influence on planning own work or feeling at risk of losing job.
  3. *Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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