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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics (n = 55)

From: Job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis (WORK-IA): a feasibility randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

Intervention (n = 29)

Control (n = 26)

Total (n = 55)

Age (years):Mean [sd]

47.7 [10.4]

50.5 [6.4]

49.0 [8.8]

Gender: Females n (%)

22 (75.9%)

20 (76.9%)

42 (76.4%)

Marital status:

 Married/living with partner

24 (82.8%)

16 (61.5%)

40 (72.7%)

 Other

5 (17.2%)

10 (38.5%)

15 (27.3%)

Living alone: n (%)

5 (17%)

9 (35%)

14 (25%)

Type of arthritis: n (%)

 Inflammatory arthritis

5 (17.2%)

3 (11.5%)

8 (14.5%)

 Rheumatoid arthritis

17 (58.6%)

17 (65.4%)

34 (61.8%)

 Psoriatic arthritis

7 (24.1%)

6 (23.1%)

13 (23.6%)

Disease duration (years): Median [IQR]

5.0 [0.7–10.0]

5.3 [1.0–17.0]

5.0 [0.7–12.0]

Currently taking oral or intramuscular steroids: Yes n (%)

12 (41.4%)

7 (26.9%)

19 (34.5%)

Currently taking disease modifying drugs: Yes n (%)

26 (89.7%)

20 (76.9%)

46 (83.6%)

Currently taking biologic drugs: Yes n (%)

8 (27.6%)

9 (34.6%)

17 (30.9%)

Main job type (SOC2010 major group)*

 Level 4 (Professional and managerial)

12 (41%)

3 (12%)

15 (27%)

 Level 3 (Associated professional and technical/ skilled trades)

7 (24%)

1 (4%)

8 (16%)

 Level 2 (Administrative, caring, leisure, sales, customer service; process, plant and machinery operatives)

8 (28%)

21 (81%)

29 (53%)

 Level 1 (Elementary occupations)

2 (7%)

1 (4%)

3 (5.5%)

Years in current main job: Mean [sd]

11.0 [8.9]

13.5 [9.7]

12.2 [9.3]

Full-time work (>35 h/week) n (%)

17 (58.6%)

16 (61.5%)

33 (60%)

Average hours worked/week: Mean[sd]

32 [9.1]

32.8 [8.7]

32.4 [8.8]

Disclosed arthritis to: Yes n (%)

 Employer

25 [86.2%]

23 [88.5%]

48 [87.3%]

 [At least some] Work colleagues

26 [90%]

23 [88.5%]

49 [90%]

  1. Key: * SOC2010 = Standard Occupational Classification 2010 [56]