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Table 4 Returning fully to pre-injury work at 6 months and adjusted risk ratio of returning to work by injury groups

From: Positive recovery for low-risk injuries screened by the short form - Örebro musculoskeletal pain screening questionnaire following road traffic injury: evidence from an inception cohort study in New South Wales, Australia

Injury group

% returning fully to pre-injury work

Unadjusted RR (95% CI)

Adjusteda RR (95% CI)

Low

High

Neck (n = 55)

90.0%

60.0%

1.50 (0.98 to 2.31)

1.68 (1.09 to 2.59)

Lower back (n = 27)

84.6%

35.7%

2.37 (1.11 to 5.04)

2.79 (1.17 to 6.68)

Lower limb (n = 106)

92.3%

66.7%

1.38 (0.96 to 1.99)

1.35 (0.95 to 1.93)

All (n = 188)

91.0%

54.6%

1.67 (1.27 to 2.20)

1.65 (1.25 to 2.17)

  1. aAdjusted risk ratio (RR), adjusting for participants’ age, self-rated general health prior to the injury, history of chronic illness prior to the injury and hospital admission status following the injury; CI Confidence interval