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Table 2 Disability and work status

From: Examining outcome of early physician specialist assessment in injured workers with shoulder complaints

Disability and pain rating

 

Numeric Pain rating

5.83 (2), Range: 0–10

QD (5 missing data)

56.45 (21), Range: 0–100

Medication to date

 

NSAID

277 (50%)

Analgesics

244 (44%)

Muscle relaxants

34 (6%)

Work status at the time of assessment

 

Regular job, regular hours (QD: 44/NPS: 5.76)

67 (12%)

Regular job, modified hours (QD: 52/NPS: 5.55)

11 (2%)

Modified job, regular hours (QD: 53/NPS: 5.16)

284 (52%)

Modified job, modified hours (QD: 62/NPS: 5.87)

62 (11%)

Not working (QD: 68/NPS: 6.40)

123 (22%)

RTW recommendations

 

Pre-injury

30 (5%)

Pre-injury accommodated

426 (77%)

Alternate job

69 (13%)

No RTW

4 (<1%)

Ability at the time of assessment

 

Full

16 (3%)

Required accommodation

531(97%)

Status of functional abilities

 

Achieved full functional ability

3 (0.6%)

Full functional abilities expected

370 (67%)

Full functional abilities not expected

43 (8%)

  1. QD: Quick-DASH (higher numbers indicate more disability).
  2. NPS: Numeric Pain Score (higher numbers indicate more pain).